Rising tensions among protesters at the Public Square in downtown Cleveland brought a large police response, with mounted horses, officers on bikes, state troopers and police officers on foot, July 19, 2016. There were reports of shoving. Black Lives Matter activists then started walking east out of the square, with police officers on bicycles forming a line to keep them on the sidewalk and within one lane of traffic. The Republican National Convention is being held in the city, with Donald Trump likely being chosen the party nominee on Thursday.
Tensions Rise Among Protesters at Republican Convention
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State troopers and police officers stand in lines around the protesters as tensions rose, near the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Public Square, in Cleveland, July 19, 2016.
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Cleveland police on bicycles move closer to protest going on near the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Public Square, in Cleveland, July 19, 2016.
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Protester is seen outside the convention hall in Cleveland, Ohio on July 19, 2016. (VOA/Mia Bush)
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Black Lives Matter activists take their protest away from Public Square as police form a line to keep the protesters to the sidewalk and one lane of traffic, in Cleveland, July 19, 2016.
