CLEVELAND — New demands Tuesday for the Cuyahoga County sheriff to put the brakes on deputy chases.

After months of reporting by the News 5 Investigators on the chases, crashes and controversial shootings involving the Downtown Safety Patrol, Black Lives Matter Cleveland sent an open letter to both the Cuyahoga County Executive and the Mayor of Cleveland.

They’re demanding that sheriff’s deputies stop chasing in Cleveland unless responding to a violent felony or imminent threat.

They also want to require remedial chase training and respond publicly to reporting by News 5 Investigators about discretionary traffic stops that disproportionately impact Black residents.

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