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TomCADem

(17,387 posts)
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 03:18 AM Jul 2016

More protests planned as Trump prepares to accept nomination

Source: MSN/Associated Press

CLEVELAND — Donald Trump opponents are planning more protests outside the Republican National Convention as the event reaches it finale, keeping thousands of police officers on heightened alert for one more day.

The anti-Trump forces are planning an afternoon parade and an evening rally Thursday, the day Trump is scheduled to accept the Republican nomination for president.

The four-day convention has been a challenge for police, who have arrested 22 people while trying to keep a series of tumultuous protests from metastasizing into large-scale violence.

"We're still out there, we're still vigilant, to make sure we finish this day and the last day tomorrow on a positive note," Police Chief Calvin Williams said at a media briefing Wednesday evening.

Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/more-protests-planned-as-trump-prepares-to-accept-nomination/ar-BBuAzep



Given 4 days of the GOP whipping attendees on the inside into a murderous, fearful rage, the protesters on the outside might be pretty mellow by comparison.
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More protests planned as Trump prepares to accept nomination (Original Post) TomCADem Jul 2016 OP
Better keep plenty of police on the INSIDE in case anyone else needs escorting out. SunSeeker Jul 2016 #1
Lol MFM008 Jul 2016 #2
No kidding gopiscrap Jul 2016 #3

SunSeeker

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1. Better keep plenty of police on the INSIDE in case anyone else needs escorting out.
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 04:24 AM
Jul 2016

Seems to me the only people threatening violence are on the inside of the convention hall.

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