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Cleveland Police Officers stand guard at the entrance to the Quick Loans Arena for the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
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Protest outside the Republican National Convention in Cleveland

RNC protests

Cleveland Police Officers stand guard at the entrance to the Quick Loans Arena for the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

RNC protests

Protesters from ‘Stand Together Against Trump’ make their voices heard at the public square during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

RNC protests

Protesters from the Revolutionary Communist Party march around the downtown area during the last night of the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

RNC protests

Protesters from the Revolutionary Communist Party march around the downtown area during the last night of the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Watching Trump speak

Men open-carrying rifles watches Donald Trump give his acceptance speech during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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A bystander films the protesters from ‘Stand Together Against Trump’ at the public square during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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A woman covers her ears as protesters march by during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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Police officers sit together as protests have calmed down at the Public Square during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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Protesters get into a heated argument at the public square during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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Tony McConaghy, from left, Basheer Jones, Randy Grass, pray together at the public square during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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A Trump supporter watches protesters standing in the fountain area of the public square during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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Protesters stand in the fountain area of the Public Square during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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A protesters lays on the ground to rest in front of a line of police officers standing guard at the public square during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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Police officers stand guard at the public square during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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Protesters get into a shouting match with counter-protesters during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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A protesters, who declined to give his name, sports a flower during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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Father Jose S. Landaverde, 45, a priest with the Diocese of Quincy in Chicago, with Stand Together Against Trump March, during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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Protesters from the Stand Together Against Trump March walk within shouting distance of the Quicken Loans arena during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

RNC protest

Protesters supporting socialism get into a shouting match with protesters supporting capitalism, during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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Protesters from the Stand Together Against Trump March make their way through an underpass, which is on the permitted parade route during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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Police officers move in to arrest protesters from the Revolutionary Community Party attempting to burn an American flag during a demonstration.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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Police officers arrest protesters from the Revolutionary Community Party before they could burn a U.S. flag at the site of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on Wednesday.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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Chaos broke out Wednesday near the entrance to Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland when a group of protesters tried to burn two U.S. flags. Riot police moved in to arrest at least eight people believed to be anarchists.

  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

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A police officer on Wednesday tells the crowd outside Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena to back up. The officer is holding a flag confiscated from the Revolutionary Community Party before members of the group could burn it during a demonstration at the site of the Republican National Convention.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

RNC protest

Police officers arrest protesters from the Revolutionary Community Party before they could burn a flag during a demonstration at the site of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on Wednesday.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

RNC protest

Riot police try to take control of the situation when chaos breaks out near the entrance to Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena after a group of protesters tried to burn two U.S. flags.

  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

RNC protest

At least eight people were arrested after a group of protesters tried to burn two U.S. flags at the site of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on Wednesday.

  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

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A police officer can be seen bleeding after protesters from the Revolutionary Community Party were arrested Wednesday at the site of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on Wednesday.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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Police officers arrest members of the Revolutionary Community Party outside the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland on Wednesday.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

RNC protest

A protester smiles for her mug shot while being processed near the site of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on Wednesday.

  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

RNC protest

Police officers from Georgia form a human barrier during a protest by the Revolutionary Community Party outside the site of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on Wednesday.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Republican National Convention protests

Protesters from the Grassroots Global Justice Alliance hold hands to keep photographers from stepping closer to their long “Wall off Trump” banner outside the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Republican National Convention protests

Protesters from the Grassroots Global Justice Alliance march with a “Wall off Trump” banner.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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Protesters hold an anti-Trump banner outside the convention site in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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A protester gets into an argument with Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams outside the 2016 Republican National Convention on July 19.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Republican National Convention protests

Protesters sprint down a back alley to get ahead of the police as they try heading into the convention area during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 19.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Republican National Convention protests

Police officers use their bicycles to push back protesters and photographers during a confrontation on the second day of the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 19.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Republican National Convention protests

A Michigan state police officer pushes back photographers at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Republican National Convention protests

Pro-Trump supporters exchange words with anti-Trump protesters at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Republican National Convention protests

A protester shouts at a Trump supporter in downtown Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Republican National Convention protests

Protesters yell, “Black lives matter!” during a demonstration outside the convention hall in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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Police officers separate rival groups of demonstrators.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Republican National Convention protests

A flower is held up as a protesters are escorted away in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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Members of Bikers for Trump scold a protestor for allowing the American flag to touch the ground.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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Demonstrators and law enforcement officers mingle on a public square.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Republican National Convention protests

Tevor Leis, exercising his Ohio open carry rights, stands armed in Public Square in Cleveland, during the second day of the Republican convention.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Republican National Convention protests

West Ohio Minutemen, an armed militia, march through the Public Square during the second day of the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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Police officers stand guard with assault rifles at the Public Square during the second day of the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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Lou Pumphrey, a U.S. Army E4 is attending the convention and brought along his peace flag.

  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

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Stevedore Crawford, Jr. of Delaware, Ohio, shouts at police officers during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Republican National Convention protests

Protesters from the “End Poverty Now, March for Economic Justice,” make their way downtown on the first day of the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Republican National Convention protests

Protesters from the “End Poverty Now, March for Economic Justice,” make their way downtown on the first day of the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Republican National Convention protests

Protesters from the “End Poverty Now, March for Economic Justice,” make their way downtown on the first day of the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Republican National Convention protests

Anti-Trump protesters cross a barricade as march in downtown Cleveland, a block away from where the Republican National Convention is being held.

  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Republican National Convention protests

Anti-Trump protesters march in downtown Cleveland near the Quicken Loans Arena where the Republican National Convention is being held.

  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Republican National Convention protests

Randy Grant from Los Angeles say the pledge of allegiance at the start of the America First Unity Rally at Settlers Landing Park during the first day of the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Republican National Convention protests

Joshua Glaspie, from Chicago is relishing the opportunity to open carry his weapon, a Kimber Ultra Carry 2 9mm handgun, at the America First Unity Rally in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Republican National Convention protests

Elan Stoltzfuz, holds his rifle up for photographers at Settlers Landing Park for the America First Unity Rally in Cleveland.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Republican National Convention protests

Anti-Trump protesters gather in downtown Cleveland prior to a ‘Stop Trump’ march to Quicken Loans Arena for Monday’s opening of the Republican National Convention.

  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Republican National Convention protests

Anti-Trump protesters gather in downtown Cleveland prior to a ‘Stop Trump’ march to Quicken Loans Arena for Monday’s opening of the Republican National Convention.

  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Republican National Convention protests

Anti-Trump protesters gather in downtown Cleveland prior to a ‘Stop Trump’ march to Quicken Loans Arena for Monday’s opening of the Republican National Convention.

  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Republican National Convention protests

Security personnel greet protesters during an anti-Donald Trump march toward downtown Cleveland on the eve of the Republican National Convention on July 17, 2016.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Republican National Convention protests

Anti-Trump protesters.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Republican National Convention protests

Members of the antiwar group Code Pink stand in front of the police guarding the anti-Trump protesters.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Police officers in protective gear.

Police officers in protective gear.   (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times )

Republican National Convention protests

About 200 anti-Trump and Black Lives Matter protesters, including Henry Edward of Detroit, march through downtown Cleveland.

  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

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Protesters and police.

  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

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Protesters in Cleveland.

  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

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Cleveland police wait for a 2nd Amendment rally, but few people showed up for the event at Public Square in downtown.

  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Republican National Convention protests

Steve Thacker, 57, center, a retired Marine, is interviewed by numerous journalists in downtown Cleveland, where a 2nd Amendment rally was scheduled. Two participants showed up for the rally.

  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

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Brian Lange, a Trump supporter from Lima, Ohio, buys a flag in Cleveland to show his support for the 2nd Amendment.

  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

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Spencer Tunick photographs a group of nude women holding large round mirrors near Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena, where the 2016 Republican National Convention will start Monday. The photo shoot, on the eve of the convention, is part of Tunick’s large-scale art installation “Everything She Says Means Everything.”

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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