Protest Aftermath and Cleanup


After yesterday’s peaceful protests turned violent, volunteers and business owners come together to clean up downtown on Sunday, May 31 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Father Robert Vealey Sr and son Robert Vealey Jr. use a broom and dust pan to pick up glass from vandalized storefronts on Sunday, May 31 in Cleveland, Ohio. Vealey Sr said “we wanted to clean up our city.”
Corner Alley on Sunday, May 31 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Red, the Steakhouse on Sunday, May 31 in Cleveland, Ohio.
A man clears off the remaining glass shards off of the restaurant Barrio’s front windows on Sunday, May 31 in Cleveland, Ohio.
An engineer at Millennia Companies paints over spray painted walls on Sunday, May 31 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Graffiti covers the Justice Center walls on Sunday, May 31 in Cleveland, Ohio.
A shattered RTA bus stop on Sunday, May 31 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Don Edwards, of Downtown Cleveland Alliance, cleans graffiti off of the Tom L. Johnson statue, who was a former Cleveland Mayor on Sunday, May 31 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Cleveland City Hall on Sunday, May 31 in Cleveland, Ohio.
A Pour Cleveland customer writes a sign on their boarded window, “We are sorry!!!! Thanks for your service!!”