Cleveland police say two officers suffered minor injuries when they were assaulted during a chaotic protest centered on a flag burning near the arena housing the Republican National Convention.
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Police issued a dispersal order for everyone, including reporters Wednesday in the area around Quicken Loans Arena.
The protests briefly made it difficult for convention delegates and reporters to enter the arena.
Multiple people with their hands cuffed behind them were detained by police.
Carl Dix of the Revolutionary Communist Party, which organized the flag burning, says the group hoped to conduct the event as a political statement quickly before police came.
Police say the flag was extinguished and taken away.
