Thousands across US protest Trump victory
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A DAY after Donald Trump’s election to the US presidency, campaign divisions appeared to widen as many thousands of demonstrators — some with signs with messages declaring “NOT MY PRESIDENT” — flooded streets across the country to protest his surprise triumph.
Flames lit up the night sky in California cities on Wednesday as thousands of protesters burned a giant papier-mache Trump head in Los Angeles and started fires in Oakland intersections.
Los Angeles demonstrators also beat a Trump pinata and sprayed the Los Angeles Times building and news vans with anti-Trump profanity. One protester outside LA City Hall read a sign that simply said: “This is very bad.”
Late in the evening hundreds of people blocked one of the city’s busiest freeways, US 101 between downtown and Hollywood.
City News Service reported that 13 people were arrested as officers in riot gear walked protesters off the road.
By 1:30am, the freeway was clear of demonstrators but lanes remained closed for a cleanup.
In Oakland, several thousand people gathered in Frank Ogawa Palaza, police said, clogging intersections and freeway on-ramps.
In Chicago, where thousands had recently poured into the streets to celebrate the Chicago Cubs’ first World Series victory in over a century, several thousand people marched through the Loop. They gathered outside Trump Tower chanting: “Not my president!”
Chicago resident Michael Burke said he believes the president-elect will “divide the country and stir up hatred.” He added there was a constitutional duty not to accept that outcome.
Police said 1,800 to 2,000 people took part in the Chicago protests. Five were arrested, including two for obstructing traffic, but said there were no major incidents.
A similar protest in Manhattan drew about 1,000 people. Outside Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in midtown, police installed barricades to keep the demonstrators at bay.
Hundreds gathered near Philadelphia’s City Hall. Participants‚ including supporters of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders — expressed anger at both Republicans and Democrats over the election outcome.
In Boston, thousands of protesters streamed through downtown, chanting “Trump’s a racist” and carrying signs saying “Impeach Trump” and “Abolish Electoral College.” Clinton appears to be on pace to win the popular vote, despite losing the electoral count that decides the presidential race.
The protesters gathered on Boston Common before marching toward the Massachusetts Statehouse.
Hundreds also gathered in Providence, Rhode Island, and Portland, Maine.
A protest that began at the Minnesota State Capitol on Tuesday night with about 100 people swelled as it moved into downtown St Paul, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. Protesters blocked downtown streets and traveled west on University Avenue where they shouted expletives about Trump in English and Spanish.
There were other Midwest protest marches in Omaha, Nebraska and Kansas City, Missouri.
Marchers carried signs in front of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. Media outlets broadcast video showing a peaceful crowd in front of the new downtown hotel. Many chanted: “No racist USA, no Trump, no KKK.”
Another group stood outside the White House. They held candles, listened to speeches and sang songs.
In Richmond, Virginia, 10 people were arrested after protesters sat in travel lanes of the Downtown Expressway and refused to leave. Earlier, hundreds had gathered near Monroe Park and blocked the streets near Virginia Commonwealth University.
Dallas activists gathered by the dozens outside the city’s sports arena, the American Airlines Center.
In Oregon, dozens of people blocked traffic in Portland, burned American flags and forced delays on two light-rail lines.
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