Lorain Councilman Angel Arroyo Jr. arrested and comments to Clevelandurbannews.com, Arroyo a Hispanic and former Cleveland west side activist who rallied for the Seymour Avenue victims as a Guardian Angel....Activist Kathy Wray Coleman, who leads the Imperial Women Coalition and led anniversary rallies as to the release from decade-long captivity of Ariel Castro victims Michelle Knight, Gina DeJesus and Amanda Berry that Arroyo attended, said community activists support Councilman Arroyo ....Arroyo traveled to Puerto Rico in October and two other times as to the devastation relative to Hurricane Maria and he received a community service award as a member of the Guardian Angels before he became councilman in Lorain, an award issued by the city of Cleveland and Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams....Lorain is a city some 30 miles west of Cleveland....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com
Lorain Councilman and former Cleveland community activist
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Angel Arroyo Jr. (standing fifth from left) with the Guardian Angels in Cleveland before he was elected councilman in Lorain, and as the group is recognized by the city of Cleveland and Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams (standing fourth from left) in November 2014 for community service and keeping down violence in the city through community patrols. Pictured standing first from left is now Cleveland Ward 6 Councilman Blaine Griffin, who was the director of the Community Relations Board for the city of Cleveland when Arroyo was honored for his community service in 2014
CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio- A Lorain councilman and former west side Cleveland activist who rallied for Ariel Castro-Seymour victims Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry and Michelle Knight and was a member of the community grassroots group the Guardian Angel was arrested over the weekend (Editor's note: DeJesus, Berry and Knight were held for a decade and raped by the late Ariel Castro at his home on Seymour Avenue on Cleveland's west side before getting free in 2013. Castro, a former Cleveland schools bus driver, hanged himself in prison while serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole).
Lorain Ward 6 Councilman Angel Arroyo Jr., 34 and a Hispanic-American elected to serve for the 2016-2017 term, was arrested Saturday morning about 1:00 a.m. at Jenee Drive near Jaeger Road in Lorain following a run-in with police. (Editor's note: Arroyo traveled to Puerto Rico in October and two times thereafter relative to the devastation there behind Hurricane Maria and told reporters then that "it's really terrible out there''. He was recognized by the city of Cleveland and Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams in November 2014 as a member of the Guardian Angels for the groups community service and keeping down violence in the city through community patrols).
The councilman is charged with misdemeanors of resisting arrest, obstructing official business, disorderly conduct persisting, disorderly conduct by intoxication, and disturbing the peace.
Arroyo told Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Sunday morning that "I appreciate the support and will comment publicly to the community on this issue when this case is done."
Lorain is a city some 30 miles west of Cleveland that has a population of 64,000 people, and is 18 percent Black and 25 percent Hispanic.
It has a household median income of $34,000.
Cleveland activist Kathy Wray Coleman, who leads the Imperial Women Coalition and has led anniversary rallies as to the Seymour Avenue victims where Arroyo was in attendance, said that community activists support Arryo.
"We support Councilman Arroyo and wish him the best," said Coleman. "It is not easy being a community activist and activists'-turned elected officials often encounter resistance from the establishment unlike other elected officials."
The incident reveals that Arroyo partied a little too much over the weekend.
Arroyo celebrated his birthday Friday night with friends at Disco's Bistro and fell out with a friend who did not want him to drive intoxicated, the friend telling police that he took his car keys and Arroyo, in turn, allegedly jumped on the hood of the car and then fell off.
The friend, who lived down the street, later handed the car keys to Arroyo's wife, the police report says, and he told police when they arrived that he did not want Arryo on his property.
Arroyo told police that his leg was hurt in the incident, police saying they saw no such evidence of his claim.
"I went to the hospital after jail and the doctor says I have a fractured knee cap," said Arroyo, who said he went over to his friends home after the incident with the car because he was allegedly hurt.
Police say he allegedly pulled his hands back when arrested, a typical and often erroneous allegation they use to maliciously charge community activists and some others with resisting arrest.
Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS.
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