Cleveland Heights Activist Arrested on Outstanding Warrant During RNC

The Cleveland Police Department confirmed that Coleman was arrested due to an outstanding warrant, but they did not have information on what the warrant was regarding.

Coleman has a long history as a community activist in the Cleveland area. She spoke out against a controversial Cleveland Heights curfew ordinance in 2011, calling it "unconstitutional."

Coleman is the editor-in-chief of ClevelandUrbanNews.com, "Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper," according to Coleman's Twitter bio.

Video of Coleman's arrest was shared on Cleveland.com's Facebook page.

"They've been trying to put me in jail," Coleman said to the crowd as she was being arrested. "They've been harassing me."

Coleman was wanted by police in May 2015 after being accused of felonious assault. The incident involved a report of an "open front door at a vacant house." Coleman was accused of fleeing the scene in a car, almost striking police officers, ABC 5 reported at the time.

Kathy Wray Coleman screams out while being arrested in the Tower City square outside the #RNCinCLE. A Cleveland police officer said it was for an outstanding warrant. Her friend says the warrant is for an alleged assault against a police officer outside Coleman's foreclosed Cleveland home and that charges are false. #rnc #Cleveland
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