Heat's Arroyo arrested and beaten up for driving too slow

[rikhardur]

Google translation of the news from El Nuevo Día here.

EDIT: Arroyo apologises.

[J-Mart]

i cant imagine what they would have done to him if he was caught speeding!

[Lewis]

i cant imagine what they would have done to him if he was caught speeding!

I bet the police officers were Cubans

those animals !!!!!!

that's why I'm getting out of Miami !!!!!!

[MaccabiTA]

Now that's lame!
getting arrested for driving too fast I can understand, but for driving too slow, that's for old guys!

[Czarkazem13]

i bet the police officers were cubans

those animals !!!!!!

That's why i'm getting out of miami !!!!!!

lol!!!!

[Czarkazem13]

Now that's lame!
getting arrested for driving too fast I can understand, but for driving too slow, that's for old guys!

I don't exactly know the whole story, but I believe he was arrested for "resisting arrest."

[worldbasketball]

Miami Herald which is a reliable source said this:

Heat G Arroyo arrested

The Sports Network
Miami Heat guard Carlos Arroyo was reportedly arrested Friday. According to The Miami Herald, Arroyo was arrested in Coral Gables early Friday morning and faces charges for a traffic violation and resisting arrest without violence.

The paper reported Arroyo was driving slowly and impeding traffic while apparently on his way to practice. The Herald cited the police report, which said Arroyo did not initially pull over upon several attempts by a motorcycle patrolman.

The report said additional units were summoned, and after Arroyo did stop, he "attempted to resist" being handcuffed. It also said Arroyo was accused of being confrontational, and a mugshot shows scratches on the player's face and neck. The paper reported Arroyo was released on a promise to appear in court.

Heat president Pat Riley released a statement Friday about the incident. "We are aware of the traffic stop involving Carlos Arroyo this morning, and while we fully support our players, this is a pending legal matter and we will have no comment at this time," the statement said. Arroyo has played in 49 games for Miami this season and has averages of 4.8 points and 2.6 assists.

[worldbasketball]

Carlos Arroyo will always remain a favorite of mine for his showing in the Peurto Rico National Team:

http://www.interbasket.net/players/arroyo.htm

This is taken after the game against USA National Team in the 2004 Olympics when Arroyo scored 24 points in the game and showed his national colours and pride of his Puerto Rico jersey.

From that day on, I have always had the desire of wearing the great and beautifully designed national Puerto Rico jersey. I always remember him whenever anybody talks about Puerto Rico basketball.

About the unfortunate incident, probably he was insensed he was being treated this way BECAUSE he had beaten the USA fair and square. They never forgave him you know... and he wasn't well received in any American NBA team after that.

[Mojado]

Are you serious? You think they beat him up because he plays for Puerto Rico? Do you really think police guys give a damn about if he beat the U.S. a couple of years ago? This guy, as much as I like him, is a perfectionist like Ray Allen, so he probably thought, that he did nothing wrong by driving slow (probably on the 1 towards the city - bet my money on that), so his head told him to resist - He was known to have this tick while playing in Tel Aviv, to be perfect and just to answer questions if they are properly asked and so on...so get facts straight, he might had issues with dealing with this kind of situation where he thought he had done nothing wrong. Thats all. He apologized already, guess he knows what went wrong.

Carlos Arroyo will always remain a favorite of mine for his showing in the Peurto Rico National Team:

http://www.interbasket.net/players/arroyo.htm

This is taken after the game against USA National Team in the 2004 Olympics when Arroyo scored 24 points in the game and showed his national colours and pride of his Puerto Rico jersey.

From that day on, I have always had the desire of wearing the great and beautifully designed national Puerto Rico jersey. I always remember him whenever anybody talks about Puerto Rico basketball.

About the unfortunate incident, probably he was insensed he was being treated this way BECAUSE he had beaten the USA fair and square. They never forgave him you know... and he wasn't well received in any American NBA team after that.

[J-Mart]

ya'll would react indignated if a police officer stopped u cuz of going slow, i would have done the same thing he did, i woyld get beaten even worse than him.

[mvblair]

This is pretty bad. I wonder if the police really beat him up. I guess we won't know what the circumstances really were.

[Czarkazem13]

carlos arroyo will always remain a favorite of mine for his showing in the peurto rico national team:

http://www.interbasket.net/players/arroyo.htm

this is taken after the game against usa national team in the 2004 olympics when arroyo scored 24 points in the game and showed his national colours and pride of his puerto rico jersey.

From that day on, i have always had the desire of wearing the great and beautifully designed national puerto rico jersey. I always remember him whenever anybody talks about puerto rico basketball.

About the unfortunate incident, probably he was insensed he was being treated this way because he had beaten the usa fair and square. They never forgave him you know... And he wasn't well received in any american nba team after that.

lol!!!!

[Czarkazem13]

ya'll would react indignated if a police officer stopped u cuz of going slow, i would have done the same thing he did, i woyld get beaten even worse than him.

You mean indignant? Well, as a Puerto Rican living in South Florida, I would do what the cops said, especially if I was breaking the law.

Driving to slow is illegal and - if anything - looks suspicious in certain areas at least. He should have just got out the car. If you have a problem with cops, you have to know when the times is to deal with them. Acting like a child and not listening will only get you arrested, if not beaten up too. Right Carlos.

[Czarkazem13]

This is pretty bad. I wonder if the police really beat him up. I guess we won't know what the circumstances really were.

Any pictures of the cops?

[Federoy]

You mean indignant? Well, as a Puerto Rican living in South Florida, I would do what the cops said, especially if I was breaking the law.

Driving to slow is illegal and - if anything - looks suspicious in certain areas at least. He should have just got out the car. If you have a problem with cops, you have to know when the times is to deal with them. Acting like a child and not listening will only get you arrested, if not beaten up too. Right Carlos.

What "certain" areas do you have in mind that would warrant him being pulled over for driving slow? Was he driving slow in his Mercedes M class through Liberty City at 3 a.m.? Yeah, that might draw suspection, but that's not what the article indicated; he apparently was pulled over in Carol Gables on his way to practice.

Okay, if he was driving slow on the freeway doing 30 mph then I can see getting him off the road, but if this incident took place on a regular surface street then it makes the CGPD look awfully aggressive, depending on what went down. None of us know the circumstances that led to him resisting arrest so let's not jump to any conclusions. The police could have very well acted like assholes (police acting like assholes, imagine that?) which could've triggered him to resist. I'm not justifying his behavior if he resisted arrested. I'm simply saying that it's human nature to defend yourself if you feel like you're being attacked, regardless if it's the law or not.