Protest outside the Republican National Convention in Cleveland
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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Protesters from ‘Stand Together Against Trump’ make their voices heard at the public square during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
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Protesters from the Revolutionary Communist Party march around the downtown area during the last night of the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
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Protesters from the Revolutionary Communist Party march around the downtown area during the last night of the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
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Men open-carrying rifles watches Donald Trump give his acceptance speech during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
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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.
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A woman covers her ears as protesters march by during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
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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.
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Protesters get into a heated argument at the public square during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
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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.
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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.
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Protesters stand in the fountain area of the Public Square during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
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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.
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Police officers stand guard at the public square during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
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Protesters get into a shouting match with counter-protesters during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
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A protesters, who declined to give his name, sports a flower during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
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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.
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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)
Protesters supporting socialism get into a shouting match with protesters supporting capitalism, during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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)
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.
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Police officers arrest members of the Revolutionary Community Party outside the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland on Wednesday.
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A protester smiles for her mug shot while being processed near the site of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on Wednesday.
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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.
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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.
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Protesters from the Grassroots Global Justice Alliance march with a “Wall off Trump” banner.
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Protesters hold an anti-Trump banner outside the convention site in Cleveland.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A Michigan state police officer pushes back photographers at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
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Pro-Trump supporters exchange words with anti-Trump protesters at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
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A protester shouts at a Trump supporter in downtown Cleveland.
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Protesters yell, “Black lives matter!” during a demonstration outside the convention hall in Cleveland.
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Police officers separate rival groups of demonstrators.
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A flower is held up as a protesters are escorted away in Cleveland.
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Members of Bikers for Trump scold a protestor for allowing the American flag to touch the ground.
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Demonstrators and law enforcement officers mingle on a public square.
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Tevor Leis, exercising his Ohio open carry rights, stands armed in Public Square in Cleveland, during the second day of the Republican convention.
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West Ohio Minutemen, an armed militia, march through the Public Square during the second day of the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
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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.
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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)
Stevedore Crawford, Jr. of Delaware, Ohio, shouts at police officers during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
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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.
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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)
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)
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)
Anti-Trump protesters march in downtown Cleveland near the Quicken Loans Arena where the Republican National Convention is being held.
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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.
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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.
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Elan Stoltzfuz, holds his rifle up for photographers at Settlers Landing Park for the America First Unity Rally in Cleveland.
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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)
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)
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)
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.
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Anti-Trump protesters.
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Members of the antiwar group Code Pink stand in front of the police guarding the anti-Trump protesters.
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Police officers in protective gear. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times )
About 200 anti-Trump and Black Lives Matter protesters, including Henry Edward of Detroit, march through downtown Cleveland.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Protesters and police.
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Protesters in Cleveland.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
