[UPDATED] Here’s What Happened After Gay Porn Stars Angel Rivera, Dante Colle, Michael Del Ray, And Sean Ford Were Arrested For Peaceful Protesting
While dozens of gay porn stars continue protesting this week following the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota (to donate to the Floyd family, click here), at least three (update: now four) of those performers have been arrested for peaceful protesting. The first two were Michael Del Ray and Dante Colle, who were detained in Los Angeles on Monday night. As we saw on Twitter, Dante Colle posted the below video of him and Michael Del Ray on a police bus after being arrested:
Getting arrested with @michael_delray for peaceful protesting. Slipping handcuffs is my specialty though ???? pic.twitter.com/GFvAy8tfVI
— Dante Colle (INC.) (@Dante_Colle) June 2, 2020
So, what happened next? Str8UpGayPorn reached out to Michael Del Ray and Dante Colle to find out what the police did with everyone in custody on the bus, and Dante Colle sent over the below video to go over details of the arrests:
After his video cut off, Dante explained that they were not taken to jail, but instead were released from the bus, with citations, and told to go home immediately. Their court dates and fines are pending.
On the other side of the country, Angel Rivera’s experience was much different and much more intense, as he was also arrested Monday night while facing off with police in New York City. Here’s the video of Angel’s arrest:
Since we’re blasting #NYPD here’s the video of my arrest because I’m filming cops acting like #NaziTrump @NYCMayor I’d like you to review the body cams of officers and if you find they had it off they should at minimum be fired for tampering with evidece of arrests. pic.twitter.com/713hmyl60c
— Angel Rivera (@AngelRiveraXXX) June 3, 2020
He added the below tweet:
Angel is now facing an unlawful assembly charge (misdemeanor PL 240.10), which will likely result in a fine. He was arrested around 10pm Monday night and was finally released at 3am.
“I have a court date,” Angel told Str8Up. “I was in a holding cell with 25 people. I did see other people and got to hear their stories, and I’ve never felt more belonging to something than this.”
Here was Angel (photo via Instagram) after returning home from custody early Tuesday morning:
“I’m heartbroken because I got it easy, compared to some people who were arrested with me,” Angel said, adding, “Their faces were bruised in, with blood dripping from their heads. Some people didn’t even remember their head injuries, even while they had face and head bandages. Pisses me off knowing all of these cops were making overtime.”
UPDATE:
Performer Sean Ford was also arrested for peacefully protesting, with his arrest coming late Wednesday night at a demonstration in New York City. Video taken by Sean moments before his arrest:
— Sean Ford (@TheOnlySeanFord) June 4, 2020
The message Sean posted following his release from custody early this morning, along with the citation he received:
Thanks to everyone for the concern and love. I was arrested last night with hundreds of others while protesting and released from jail a couple hours ago. I am safe home and not hurt. I’m going to take today off to rest, but I will see y’all Friday. Please keep up the fight. pic.twitter.com/7lhUboZ01E
— Sean Ford (@TheOnlySeanFord) June 4, 2020
And finally, a photo posted by a friend of Sean’s as they waited in custody on the police bus:
One of our group got away with keeping his phone on him ????????. Say cheese ????✌????.
Do we look violent to you? ???? pic.twitter.com/QxQFbnsteI
— Rich Minuski, DC (@RMinuski) June 4, 2020
Thank you to Angel, Dante, Michael, Sean, and everyone out protesting who is risking arrest and police violence. For a list of charities supporting Black Lives Matter and various bail funds nationwide, click here.
