EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio — In the latest bizarre episode to come out of East Cleveland City Hall , Mayor Lateek Shabazz has fired Safety Director Mansell Baker, claiming the latter violated multiple city policies and never even technically held the title of safety director.

In a termination letter sent to Baker on Friday, Shabazz referred to Baker as "Deputy Safety Director" and accused him of "altering your oath of office to reflect the title 'Safety Director,' which was not conferred." This public change in title comes in spite of Baker and others referring to himself as safety director on multiple occasions — including on at least one occasion when Shabazz was in the room right next to him.

Mansell has been one of the East Cleveland government's public most public faces since Shabazz a

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