$20m for riot gear for Republican Convention
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Things may not be pretty in Cleveland.
Cleveland and Philadelphia, which will host the convention, each received $50 million in federal money to cover the security costs associated with the conventions. Cleveland projects to spend $20 million of that on security equipment and supplies and $30 million on “personnel-related expenditures.” Philadelphia has not yet announced how it will use the money.
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D.B. Hirsch is a political activist, news junkie, and retired ad copy writer and spin doctor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.