After hanging out with some Iraq War veterans who have come to keep the peace in Cleveland, I joined up with today's March to End Poverty:
At the March to End Poverty rally near RNC HQ: #RNCinCLE pic.twitter.com/Guu3iJgTF0
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"NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE." RNC protest is headed down Payne towards downtown. #RNCinCLE pic.twitter.com/pQWNrtlOP8
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1/2 Olivia Payne, 22, is a lab tech at Case. She lives in East Cleveland, where police officer Nakia Jones grew up. pic.twitter.com/pplmwx4QKW
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2/2 She says she thinks more police officers should come from the communities they serve. #RNCinCLE
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Several hundred people marching toward downtown Cleveland now. Crossing over I-90. #RNCinCLE pic.twitter.com/HxhXyazPbr
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This car is passing out water to protesters. #RNCinCLE pic.twitter.com/LRRr14Gp72
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Michigan police in CLE. pic.twitter.com/NKDSjVmYpP
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1/2 Galen Tyler (pict. here) became homeless in the late 90s. He's organizing a protest at the DNC too. #RNCinCLE pic.twitter.com/KB5C7TLoOU
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2/2 Tyler says problem neither parties are addressing is greed. "The problem isn't scarcity," he says. #RNCinCLE
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