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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

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Lorain Councilman and former Cleveland community activist Angel Arroyo Jr. 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 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

Community activists, elected officials rally in Cleveland on Seymour Avenue as to the second year anniversary of the rescue of the Ariel Castro victims, local news channels 5, 3, 8, and 19 cover event....Activists call for Mayor Jackson to implement the 27 recommendations around the Imperial Avenue Murders, want suspected East Cleveland serial killer Michael Madison brought to trial, and call for the Ohio Supreme Court to uphold the convictions and death sentence of Cleveland serial killer Anthony Sowell ....Activists say that the apathy by city and county officials as to violence against women is no different than the apathy as to the Cleveland police shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice....By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com,  O hio's Most Read Online Digital Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com  K athy Wray Coleman is a community activist, legal and political reporter, and a 22- year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com CLEVELAND, Ohio- Led by the Imperial Women Coalition , greater Cleveland community activists, elected officials (Cleveland councilpersons Mamie Mitchell and Brian Cummins), and Seymour Avenue residents rallied on May 6 at 2207 Seymour Avenue on Cleveland's west side where the home of convicted kidnapper and child rapist Ariel Castro once stood. Mainstream media local television stations 3, 5, 19 and Fox 8 news covered the well-attended event. Castro held victims Mic

Imperial Women Coalition, community activists to rally against violence against women to mark the first anniversary of the rescue of Ariel Castro victims Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight at 5 pm at 2207 Seymour Avenue in Cleveland on May 6, 2014

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From left, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight CLEVELAND, Ohio-Community activists will hold a Stop Violence Against Women Rally and Vigil at 5 pm on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at 2207 Seymour Avenue on Cleveland's west side to mark the first year anniversary of the day a year ago that Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were rescued from the home of serial rapist and  kidnapper  Ariel Castro following a decade of captivity. The rally and vigil will be held in front of where Castro's since demolished Seymour Avenue home once stood. For more information contact the Imperial Women Coalition at 216-659-0473. "This is a celebrated case of unprecedented cruelty and  violence   and we intend to address this issue and other issues on violence  against   women and girls  in greater Cleveland, statewide and nationally in a  wholehearted  fashion," said Imperial Women Coalition Leader Kathy Wray Coleman. "And we again  praise  the Ariel Castro vi

Joan Rivers refuses to apologize for joke about Ariel Castro victims

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Famed Comedian Joan Rivers From left, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight By Kathy Wray Coleman, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog  K athy Wray Coleman is a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper.  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com CLEVELAND, Ohio-Famed Hollywood comedian Joan Rivers has refused to apologize for a joke she made on Twitter and the Today Show on Tuesday where the 80-year-old compared living in the guestroom of her  daughter Melissa as part of their reality show  WEtv series “Joan and Melissa: Joan Knows Best?’’     to the captivity and small rooms that serial rapist and kidnapper Ariel Castro held victims Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight in for a decade.  "Those women in the basemen