CLEVELAND, Ohio — Chris Ronayne is dead wrong.
The Cuyahoga County executive has staked his reputation on defending a Downtown Safety Patrol that has now left three people dead in five months — two of them were bystanders. He has threatened to use his veto pen to keep it alive. He repeats the talking points about guns seized and arrests made. But what he is really defending is an adrenaline-fueled unit of sheriff’s deputies who never should have been patrolling Cleveland’s streets in the first place.
Ronayne calls this public safety. But consider the facts…