CLEVELAND, Ohio – The driver of a police convoy led by marked vehicles from the city of Shaker Heights gave a middle finger to protesters lining the street in University Circle before the presidential debate.
The incident happened when a convoy of vehicles with armed officers turned from East Boulevard to Hazel Drive to protest non-violent social justice, including Black Lives Matter Cleveland.
Preliminary crowd estimates say at least 500 people attended the event.
“Why are you in right gear?” I don’t see any commotion here, ”protesters could be heard shouting as vehicles passed by.
A finger salute with an outstretched hand can be clearly seen from the window of the third vehicle of the officers.
The driver of the police convoy pointed a finger at Black Lives Matter protesters in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland before the Sept. 29 presidential debate. (Robin Goist, Cleveland.com)
Sheila and Eric Samson of the BLM Coach Health Education Campus circled around the Cordon the Ted areas near the pavilion. The Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University are hosts of the discussion.
Many exhibitors called it night, as the sun had just set before 8 p.m., when the march back to the Wade Oval near the Cleveland Museum of Art. The 90-minute discussion between President Donald Trump and Vice President Joe Biden is set to begin at 9 p.m.
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