Cleveland street takeovers shake up Mayor Justin Bibb’s tightrope walk on police and crime

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A frame from Cleveland surveillance footage showing a street takeover at the end of September at the intersection of East 55th Street, Kinsman Road and Woodland Avenue. Credit: City of Cleveland

Mayor Justin Bibb ran for office as a police reformer who also acknowledged that voters want cops to show up when they call.

The last few weeks have shown what a knotty challenge it is to deliver on those two promises.

By the numbers, the worst of crime is down in Cleveland. Homicides, year to date, are at their lowest level since before the pandemic…

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