CLEVELAND (AP) – The Latest on protests, rallies and marches outside the Republican National Convention (all times local):
8:45 p.m.
Hundreds of demonstrators who had gathered in Cleveland’s Public Square have scattered ahead of Donald Trump’s prime-time acceptance speech on the last night of the Republican convention.
Shouting matches and scuffles among the groups came to a halt Thursday once they were outnumbered by hundreds of police officers who streamed into the square.
Groups included anarchists, anti-Muslim protesters and Bikers for Trump. Later Thursday evening, kids played in Public Square fountains and a group gave out free hugs.