Slideshow: Protests outside the RNC
All photos by Kelly Benjamin. Hear his accompanying radio report here.
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- Activist Connie Burton came from Tampa to “Wall Off Trump.” The wall of protesters temporarily shut down an entrance into the convention hall. (Photo Credit: Kelly Benjamin)
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- A man dressed as a baby engages in street theater by first encouraging people to bury him in dirt and then after police took his shovel away, asking folks to kick him. (Photo Credit: Kelly Benjamin)
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- An anti-Hillary Clinton protester calls for the jailing of the Democratic nominee. (Photo Credit: Kelly Benjamin)
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- A merchant from New Jersey sells Trump Flakes cereal in downtown Cleveland. (Photo credit: Kelly Benjamin)
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- Tom Morello performs with Prophets of Rage at an outdoor RNC protest stage on Monday. (Photo credit: Kelly Benjamin)
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- A man who gave his name as Abraham Lincoln encourages delegates and protesters alike to Google his name. (Photo credit: Kelly Benjamin)
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- At a march on Wednesday afternoon riot police quickly got in formation to disperse the crowd. (Photo credit: Kelly Benjamin)
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- Activist David Briger of Ohio expressed disgust at what he considers a police state in Cleveland. (Photo Credit: Kelly Benjamin)
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- Cleveland bicycle police showed up in body armor. (Photo Credit: Kelly Benjamin)
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- Police arrest members of the Revolutionary Communist Party outside the convention. (Photo Credit: Kelly Benjamin)
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- Ann Wright of Code Pink at the entrance gate of the Republican Convention. (Photo Credit: Kelly Benjamin)
