Lots of police meant a safe GOP convention

[rangerrebew]

 
Lots of police meant a safe GOP convention
posted at 7:21 pm on July 22, 2016 by John Sexton



The GOP convention may have been a bit of a trainwreck on the inside but things were a lot calmer than predicted outside the convention thanks to a large police presence.

Recall that in the weeks and months leading up to the convention there were protesters, many of them associated with Black Lives Matter, interrupting Trump events and getting manhandled or even punched by Trump supporters. There were raucous protests outside Trump rallies that often seemed on the edge of spinning out of control.

The GOP convention could have become a pitched street battle between protesters and convention-goers but it didn’t turn out that way. From the AP:

http://hotair.com/archives/2016/07/22/lots-of-police-meant-little-drama-outside-the-gop-convention/

[rangerrebew]

The democrats are clearly upset about the situation.  The overwhelming police presence prevented BLM from starting a riot so speakers at the democrat convention could demean the police.

[Sighlass]

I know a lot of open carry people also showed up to bolster the police presence.... And despite calls to not allow open carry not one person was shot by an open carry advocate.

[Fishrrman]

I sense that the democratic convention in Philadelphia is going to find the surrounding streets far less civil than the situation was in Cleveland...

[rangerrebew]

I sense that the democratic convention in Philadelphia is going to find the surrounding streets far less civil than the situation was in Cleveland...

I think they should tell the police to stay away since they support both BLM and radical islam.  That way we can see just how "civil" those groups are.