About 80 people gathered in front of the this evening to protest the union鈥檚 endorsement of .
The protesters are concerned that the police union鈥檚 endorsement will increase tensions between Cleveland police and residents, especially black residents who see Trump鈥檚 rhetoric as racist. And, they called for police union President Steve Loomis to step down for organizing the endorsement vote. official Kareem Henton is one of the protest鈥檚 organizers.
鈥淢ost of us, for the most part, are not OK with the fact that Detective Steve Loomis has chosen to identify with one of the most polarizing presidential candidates in the history of this country.鈥�
Steve Loomis says it鈥檚 hypocritical for the protesters to criticize his right of free speech while exercising their own. The protest followed a visit to the union hall earlier in the day by Trump supporter, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who accepted his candidate鈥檚 endorsement.
