I’m so pleased at the way things turned out. I kept hearing radio people say the Cleveland area was wall to wall with cops, on bikes or other wheels. I guess they were serious about keeping the peace after all.
The fact that Ohio is an Open Carry state probably scared a few folks off too. I really thought BLM was going to do something ugly.
I saw an article that stated ‘activists’ were very concerned because the police had made arrangements to process large numbers of arrests ... brought in additional court personnel, expanded hours, etc. It was obvious that the police weren’t going to be standing on the sidelines and allowing the protesters “space to destroy” as in Baltimore, etc. The chief actually went out himself on some of the bike patrols. The open carry was also mentioned as scaring some of the protesters off as well.