Cleveland is a city that has had its share of high profile police shootings. Recent shootings from Orlando to Dallas to Baton Rouge only heightened the concern about the potential for violence this week. But so far, the convention has remained relatively peaceful. Nothing like the infamous 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago where 10,000 protesters clashed with more than twice as many police and the National Guard. KSFR reporter Mary Lou Cooper caught up yesterday with a spokesperson for the Cleveland Division of Police.
Mary Lou Cooper has reported for KSFR for over a decade, focusing on consumer issues, health, politics, and more. She is a former US Congressional staffer and remains a political junkie to this day. Cooper has received journalism awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Associated Press, National Federation of Press Women and New Mexico Press Women. She grew up in Oak Ridge, TN and received her BA from Emory University in Atlanta and her MA from the University of Texas Austin. She holds fiction and screenwriting certificates from the University of Washington.