The Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless said police have visited at least two homeless encampments in the city, asking people to be on the lookout for suspicious strangers in the area. The organization has also warned the city's homeless population about an influx of potentially dangerous people during the convention.
Political conventions tend to be a bit of a security nightmare at the best of times, and since presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has attracted protests and violence at his past events, Cleveland police are taking all the precautions they can.
But the city's previous security plan ran afoul of homeless groups, after they complained that a 3.3 mile "security zone" around the convention would effectively displace the homeless population in the area. A lawsuit spearheaded by the ACLU eventually managed to overturn those plans, forcing the city to redraw its security boundary lines.
The Republican National Convention will take place Monday to Thursday at Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena.
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