“People will have more opportunities to be seen by delegates especially with the new parade route,” Mr. David said. PhotoCLEVELAND — The city of Cleveland agreed Wednesday to allow protests closer to the site of the Republican National Convention, approving rule changes that increases the amount of space demonstrators can occupy and allows for longer events. “The new rules ensure that people have meaningful opportunities to express themselves on some of our most important national issues.” The changes also added buffer times between protests, after some feared that groups supporting Donald J. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, might clash with those opposing his nomination. On Wednesday, the Cleveland Board of Control finalized some of those new rules, which extended the parade route where activists are permitted to march, allowed protests to go through parts of downtown Cleveland and gave some larger groups more time to demonstrate.

Source: New York Times June 29, 2016 17:36 UTC