Pleasantly surprised that there has not been any violence outside of a few pushing and shoving matches outside of the convention...So Far!

 

Rumors of to divergent groups headed to Cleveland could upset all of this.

 

I still think there could be a non peaceful protest with the aim of getting protesters arrested with plenty of video available to show how the RNC (not the Police/Secret Service/National Guard) treats those that don't agree with them. If it happens it will happen IMO Thursday to move the media from Trumps speech to the protest.

 

Hopefully I am wrong.

No one wants violence. But police are reporting anarchist groups are in the city. Those groups only have one intention.

 

Is it, looking for a leader ?

Today will be the true test. If there's going to be issues it will be today.

 

Cleveland has done an outstanding job with the convention. The city looks great.

A while back, the Bay Area Center for Voting Research enumerated the most conservative and the most liberal cities in the United States.

They did this by studying the 2004 presidential choice of American cities. All the ballots for George W. Bush were regarded a conservative response and all the ballots for John F. Kerry were regarded as a liberal response. The ballots for the Libertarian Party and the Constitution Party were regarded as conservative and the ballots for the Green Party , Peace and Freedom Party, and Ralph Nader were regarded as liberal.

The cities that had the most conservative ballots were weighed in as conservative and the cities that had the most liberal ballots were weighed in as liberal. The conservative and liberal cities were compared for their rates of violent crime. The national average for violent crime is four crimes per 1,000 inhabitants. Of the top fifteen liberal cities, two cities have six times the violent crime rate than the national average. Twelve cities of the top fifteen, have double or more rates of violent crimes . Each city has a higher rate of violent crime than the national average.

Of the top fifteen conservative cities, eight cities have a violent crime rate matching or below the national average. There are only two cities that have double the violent crime rate as the national average. Cities that have lots of violent crime are prone to vote for the Democratic Party while cities with less violent crime are prone to vote Republican. Do the conservative cities have stronger anti-crime rules than liberal cities? Do the conservatives possibly have more arms that stops crime? Are the Democrats more prone to perpetrate violent crimes themselves compared to Republicans? These are all questions that can easily provoke thoughts on the matter, and lead to more research being conducted on the matter.

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So looking back, how much violent protest was there at the RNC?

Prior to last night 20+ arrests, not sure of the final total.

 

Cleveland PD and all the agencies did an outstanding job. I'm impressed how the city

Handled the convention.

With this wiki leaks proving that Bernie was getting stabbed in the back by the DNC, does this rally any of his troops to go crazy in Philly?

 

I don't think anything will happen, but Bernie looks kind of foolish now, having endorsed someone who was not playing by the same rules.

With this wiki leaks proving that Bernie was getting stabbed in the back by the DNC, does this rally any of his troops to go crazy in Philly?

 

I don't think anything will happen, but Bernie looks kind of foolish now, having endorsed someone who was not playing by the same rules.

 

I'm just a sample size of one but I was a Bernie supporter. Does this info mean that I vote for Trump or stay home and not vote. Hell no. I think the same can be said for most "Bernies."

So looking back, how much violent protest was there at the RNC?

 

Seems like very little. Several groups that had made noise about causing trouble never showed up. The 2000 extra police officers from across the country and Ohio that were there may have played a part in that also.

 

Thankfully there weren't any really bad events outside of the guy trying to burn a flag and reportedly setting himself on fire.

 

Hopefully next week is just add quiet.

Since we've now concluded both conventions, I'll ask - were there any violent protests at either convention?

Since we've now concluded both conventions, I'll ask - were there any violent protests at either convention?

 

Nothing that made national news. I saw some video of protesters trying to get through or over a perimeter fence and the police shoving them back.

 

Thankfully mist of the predictions of possible violent protest were wrong.