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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Black Lives Matter protesters are taken away by police outside the convention hall on July 19, 2016 (VOA/Mia Bush)
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Black Lives Matter activists chanted as they walked away from Public Square, while police officers on bicycles rode in a line next to them, trying to keep them on the sidewalk and in one lane of traffic, in Cleveland, July 19, 2016.
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Protest crowd grows on day 2 of the Republican convention, July 19, 2016 (VOA/Mia Bush
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A man carrying a long rifle crosses the police line as he exits a group of Black Lives Matter activists, near Public Square, in Cleveland, July 19, 2016.
