Woman Wanted On Felony Warrant Is Arrested As She Protests Against Trump In Cleveland

An anti-Donald Trump protester became the first to be arrested in Cleveland on Monday but not over a security breach.

Kathy Wray Coleman instead was picked up on an outstanding felony warrant, an officer said. The arrest emphasized the scale of law enforcement activity in the city, where more than 5,000 officers have been deployed to keep order.

Public records suggest that the felony Coleman was wanted on involved almost hitting police officers with her car while allegedly fleeing from them. Coleman, a self-described community activist was reported to have been wanted on a felony warrant since May 2015 over an incident in a suburb of Cleveland.

She is wanted over an accusation that she almost struck officers in her car fleeing from a house where they had been called to deal with an open door.

Newsnet5 Cleveland reported that she was alleged to have been at home in University Heights, a suburb of Cleveland when police were called. Police allege that she ran to her Chevy Monte Carlo which was in the driveway, and as she drove from the scene almost struck the cops.

She said that she was in fear of her life, had been 'harassed at gunpoint by five white University Heights policemen' and had had a racial slur used against her.