“I think we’ll continue to see a small but steady protest presence. And there are about 10 people behind them working on different elements of protest. There are people that are engaged in the police reforms and implementation of the consent decree.”

Since the grand jury’s decision in the Rice case, activists have been calling for Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty to leave office for recommending that the officers not be charged. They have announced that they have a candidate to challenge McGinty this year. At this point, they will only say the challenger is a woman who works for the city of Cleveland.