Editing East Cleveland, Ohio (section)

===Arrest of Arnold Black===
On April 28, 2012, Detective Randy Hicks, Officer Jonathan O'Leary, and other members of the East Cleveland Police Department arrested Arnold Black on suspicion of drug activity. Hicks punched Black as O'Leary stood by. Black was then placed in a holding cell after his arrest and was later released. Black claimed that the police beat him while he was handcuffed and locked him in a storage closet for four days with no toilet and nothing to eat or drink but a carton of milk.<ref name="globalnews">{{cite web |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5751216/cleveland-police-lawsuit/ |title=Jury awards $50M to Cleveland man who alleged police locked him in closet |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=August 10, 2019 |website=[[Global News]] |access-date=August 26, 2019}}</ref> In the resulting lawsuit, the police were unable to produce dashboard camera video of the beating or any police reports of the arrest. A jury initially awarded Black $22 million, including $10 million from Police Chief Ralph Spotts. The city appealed the verdict and the Eighth District Court of Appeals overturned the decision. The Ohio Supreme Court also refused to hear Black's appeal.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2018/10/24/ohio-supreme-court-declines-to-here-appeal-in-arnold-black-case-featured-in-serial-season-three |title=Ohio Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeal in Arnold Black Case Featured in Serial Season Three |last1=Allard |first1=Sam |date=October 24, 2018 |website=Cleveland Scene |access-date=February 6, 2019}}</ref> However at a subsequent re-trial in 2019 Black was awarded US$20 million in compensatory damages and US$30 million in punitive damages.<ref name="globalnews"/>