Cleveland Chief of Police Calvin Williams on Sunday said the security preparations for the Republican National Convention this week have changed “somewhat” since the attack in Nice, France.
“We’ve placed barriers or barricades at certain key streets and intersections around the downtown neighborhood just to make sure that things like that transpired in Nice are thwarted here in Cleveland if they’re attempted,” Williams said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
{mosads}”Or at least mitigated. So, you know, things that happen around the country and around the world do affect to some degree how we respond here in Cleveland.”
Dozens of people were killed Thursday night when a man drove a truck through crowds of people in Nice during Bastille Day celebrations.
Williams said he expects protests throughout the convention. But he said the city is ready and has prepared for many different scenarios.
“We’ve heard reports from different sources about everyone from anarchists, to black separatists, to, you know, just regular [Donald] Trump followers, anti-Trump followers,” he said.