Justice
Cleveland Won the Republican National Convention
The city gave more than it got from hosting the RNC, and Public Square was the event’s MVP.
CLEVELAND—To the northwest, brightly colored characters dressed like monochrome dervishes twirled in silence. To the northeast, a row of five figures wearing black from head to toe engaged in slow-motion yoga.
It was a typical scene this week in Cleveland’s Public Square, the 10-acre park where demonstrators, media, and above all police congregated while delegates duked it out at the Republican National Convention. The only quirk to this particular moment was that the performers—or protesters? guerrilla artists?—were eerily quiet. Elsewhere, Public Square was an unruly hive of manic activity.