Police at US Republican Convention on Alert

A last minute attempt to suspend Ohio’s open carry gun laws in the wake of the shooting deaths of three policemen in Louisiana has failed, forcing law enforcement authorities to be even more vigilant as demonstrators, some armed with guns, gather in Cleveland for the Republican National Convention. The Cleveland police patrolmen’s union asked Ohio Governor John Kasich to suspend the laws for the duration of the four-day convention, but Kasich does not have the authority to do so. “Ohio...

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