Matthew Richmond
Reporter/ProducerExpertise: Police, courts, radio and writing
Education: University of Southern California - Master of Science, journalism
Favorite spot in Northeast Ohio: In a kayak near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River
Experience:
Matthew Richmond has worked as a journalist since 2011, first as a stringer in South Sudan, then as a public radio radio reporter in upstate New York covering hydrofracking before arriving in Cleveland in 2016.
Highlights:
- 2022 & 2023 Ohio Society of Professional Journalists, Best Criminal Justice Reporting
- Reporting fellow for "Guns & America" - a public media reporting project focused on firearms, their role and history in U.S. society and the laws surrounding their distribution and possession in Ohio and nationwide
- Reporting on the criminal justice system in Northeast Ohio, with a particular focus on policing, prosecutors and responses to violent crime
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Antoine Tolbert was arrested for improperly handling a firearm, which only applies in a vehicle, and inducing panic. Charges were quickly dropped, and Tolbert is planning to file a lawsuit against the city of Cleveland. -
An ordinance forwarded by council's safety committee could get the approval of full council as early as next week. -
The need to increase trust & the daunting task ahead for a new Cleveland Community Police CommissionThree Clevelanders discuss the ways they've interacted with law enforcement and the ways policing in the city could be improved under a new Community Police Commission. -
Before a new CPC is put in place with sweeping powers over police discipline, policy and training, Clevelanders talked to Ideastream about what they hope the new commission will accomplish. -
The CPC will have sweeping powers over police discipline, policy and training. But it will decide on its own how and when to use those powers. -
The City of Akron, Ohio, has imposed a curfew overnight in response to growing tensions and protests after police shot and killed 25-year-old Jayland Walker in an attempted traffic stop.
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Black motorist Jayland Walker was shot dozens of times last week by police in Akron, Ohio. Outrage has roiled the city, as protesters call for police officers to be held accountable.
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Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, was shot and killed by Akron police following a car chase early Monday. -
Charlotte Perkins has run R-Cap private security on Cleveland's East Side for 22 years. -
Ohio's Heartbeat Bill passed in 2019 and went into effect Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
