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The Cincinnati Black United Front, other activist organizations and citizens disgusted with the promotion of Caton will demonstrate their disgust by protesting Saturday, February 3 at 12 noon in front of District 5 on Ludlow Avenue.

Rev. Damon Lynch III, former CBUF president recently stated that “Caton who killed Roger Owensby Jr., was charged by the prosecutor, indicted by the grand jury, and suspended for calling a black man the N word, reprimanded by his supervisor for driving under the influence then fired in 2003 for conduct unbecoming of an officer. But the last action for Caton is a promotion on Martin Luther King’s Holiday. Cincinnati has to be better than that.”

Iris Roley, current CBUF president states, “We refuse to accept the promotion of a policeman with that type of record. We must continue direct actions to demand the promotion be reversed. It seems to me if it is true that his performance was considered in the promotion decision as the city solicitor says it was, and he has this horrific performance record, the promotion should have never occurred. We invite all citizens who agree with us to come to District 5 at noon tomorrow. She also stated that since representatives of the national office of the NAACP are in town, she will invite them to participate in the demonstration.

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