The Latest: Anti-Trump march underway in Cleveland

The event Thursday afternoon starting at Hope Memorial Bridge was one of two rallies opposing the Republican presidential candidate scheduled for the day.

Numerous police officers were present including some who positioned themselves between the marchers and a few conservative religious counter-protesters

Police say 23 people have been arrested this week, including 18 during a melee near the convention hall Wednesday that started when a protester tried to burn an American flag.

Bar and restaurant owners just blocks from the Quicken Loans Arena, where the convention is being held, say increased security and media coverage of the protests have driven people away.

Members of the Revolutionary Communist Party say no one was on fire as police had claimed when they moved in to make arrests during an American flag burning near the Republican National Convention.

The anti-Trump forces are planning an afternoon parade and an evening rally Thursday, the day Trump is scheduled to accept the Republican nomination for president.