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CLEVELAND — A coalition of protesters opposed to Donald J. Trump gathered at a historic Cleveland bridge Thursday, seizing on the final day of the Republican National Convention to vent their frustrations and accuse Mr. Trump of posing a danger to the country’s future. CLEVELAND — A coalition of protesters opposed to Donald J. Trump marched from a historic bridge in Cleveland into the heart of the city’s downtown on Thursday, seizing on the final day of the Republican National Convention to vent their frustrations and accuse Mr. Trump of posing a danger to the country’s future.
The protest was organized by Stand Together Against Trump, a political action committee formed after it became apparent that Mr. Trump would become the Republican Party nominee. The group also plans to host a rally in Cleveland’s Public Square to coincide with Mr. Trump’s convention speech Thursday night, the marquee event of the weeklong gathering. The protest was organized by Stand Together Against Trump, a political action committee formed after it became apparent that Mr. Trump would become the Republican Party nominee.
“I’m against Trump because of all the remarks he has made about women, about Mexicans, about disabled people,” Doreen Suzich, 57, from Cleveland, said as protesters gathered. “He is spreading hate and making people turn against each other.”“I’m against Trump because of all the remarks he has made about women, about Mexicans, about disabled people,” Doreen Suzich, 57, from Cleveland, said as protesters gathered. “He is spreading hate and making people turn against each other.”
Though the protests have so far largely been peaceful, Mr. Trump’s speech is expected to draw out some of the largest and most impassioned crowds. Outdoor screens will be showing the address, providing both a jarring backdrop and a likely rallying point for the night’s protests. The group marched from the Hope Memorial Bridge over the Cuyahoga River into the center of the city, and by afternoon demonstrators had begun filling up Public Square.
Hundreds of police officers have kept close guard on the demonstrations this week, using their bicycles and horses as a means of crowd control as other officers kept apart opposing groups of protesters so that arguments did not flare into violence. There, a fundamental religious group denounced homosexuality; members of the Industrial Workers of the World, waving red and black flags and singing the words “solidarity forever,” denounced capitalism; and various members of the crowd rebuked the I.W.W. protesters, chanting “U.S.A.”
The tensest exchange yet between the police and protesters unfolded Wednesday afternoon, when officers arrested 18 people after some of them burned a United States flag near the site of the convention. Soon after the flag was set aflame, the police called out for assistance and officers swarmed through the area on foot, on bicycle and on horses. Officers eventually began handcuffing demonstrators. Hundreds of police officers have kept close guard on the demonstrations this week, using their bicycles and horses as a means of crowd control, as other officers kept apart opposing groups of protesters so that arguments did not flare into violence.
The Cleveland Police Department said on Wednesday evening that some of those arrested were charged with felonies, while most faced misdemeanor counts. The charges included failure to disperse, inciting violence and assault. The tensest exchange yet between the police and protesters unfolded Wednesday afternoon, when officers arrested 18 people after some of them burned an American flag near the site of the convention. Soon after the flag was set aflame, the police called for assistance and officers, swarming the area on foot, bicycle and horseback, began handcuffing demonstrators.
Many of those arrested were members or supporters of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, and wore wearing black T-shirts with red and orange lettering that read, “Revolution — Nothing less!” Many of those arrested on Wednesday were members or supporters of the Revolutionary Communist Party, U.S.A., and wore wearing black T-shirts with red and orange lettering that read, “Revolution — Nothing less!”
Thursday morning, several members of the group said that the protesters had been unfairly arrested and that the police had rushed in unnecessarily during a peaceful burning of the flag. The Cleveland Police Department said on Wednesday evening that some of those arrested were charged with felonies, while most faced misdemeanor charges, including failure to disperse, inciting violence and assault.