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Tens of thousands of post-election protesters plan further action across US Tens of thousands of post-election protesters plan further action across US
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Tens of thousands of Americans were on Thursday planning further protests and acts of dissent against the election of Donald Trump, after a wave of demonstrations across the US in which dozens were arrested. Tens of thousands of Americans were planning further protests and acts of dissent against the election of Donald Trump, after a wave of demonstrations across the US in which dozens were arrested.
Protesters began mobilizing in major cities for a third day after crowds had descended on Trump buildings in New York, Chicago and Washington into the early hours of Thursday to rail against the shock election result.. Protesters began mobilizing in major cities for a third day after Wednesday night, when crowds descended on Trump buildings in New York, Chicago and Washington into the early hours of Thursday to rail against the shock election result..
Hundreds of high school students in San Francisco walked out of class on Thursday morning and took to the streets of downtown, shouting “Not my president”, “My body, my choice” and “Love trumps hate” as they marched in the middle of traffic. As evening fell, though, the protests were smaller and more muted than Wednesday’s actions. Hundreds took to the streets in Denver, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Portland, Oakland, and dozens more US cities, as well as Vancouver, Canada.
Malkia Williams, 15, who carried a sign that said “Pussy grabs back” – a reference to a leaked recording where Trump bragged he could sexually assault women because of his fame – said it was important for students to speak out against Trump since they didn’t get a chance to cast ballots. While people gathered in the streets, the president-elect tweeted: “Just had a very open and successful presidential election. Now professional protesters, incited by the media, are protesting. Very unfair!”
“A lot of adults voted for Donald Trump and they think we don’t care, but we do,” she said as she marched down a busy downtown street where student activists were temporarily halting vehicles, many honking in support. “My loved ones and friends could be taken out of this country.”Williams said she was still processing Trump’s victory. “It’s been upsetting trying to cope. I still don’t feel it’s real. This is not the future we want.” Just had a very open and successful presidential election. Now professional protesters, incited by the media, are protesting. Very unfair!
US flags and effigies of the Republican president-elect were burned at protests in Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday night while a series of small fires were set off on the streets of Oakland in California, where a few people smashed windows and threw rocks at police. Officers in riot gear used teargas to disperse a protest of 6,000 people. Protest organisers and activists across the country are debating their next moves amid some calls for more direct action.
Chants including “Not my president” also rang out on the streets of Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia and Seattle. Police scrambled to defend Trump’s skyscrapers and clear streets that protesters had shut down. At least 127 people were arrested.
Protest organisers and activists across the country were debating their next moves amid some calls for more direct action.
“It’s time to begin training our young people in nonviolent civil disobedience again,” said Benjamin Jealous, the former head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). “Turning anger into power takes discipline and focus.”“It’s time to begin training our young people in nonviolent civil disobedience again,” said Benjamin Jealous, the former head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). “Turning anger into power takes discipline and focus.”
A private Facebook group planning a protest march on Washington had gathered 30,000 members by Thursday afternoon, with thousands joining every hour. Trish Gilbert, the creator of the group, said the march would be a “peaceful style show of force” against Trump’s most extreme policies.A private Facebook group planning a protest march on Washington had gathered 30,000 members by Thursday afternoon, with thousands joining every hour. Trish Gilbert, the creator of the group, said the march would be a “peaceful style show of force” against Trump’s most extreme policies.
“We’ll show all of them – the House, the Senate and the president-elect, because he really is going to be president – that we are still here, and we are not going to forget what happened, and they’d better not mess with what we have achieved,” said Gilbert. “We’ll show all of them – the House, the Senate and the president-elect, because he really is going to be president – that we are still here, and we are not going to forget what happened, and they’d better not mess with what we have achieved,” said Gilbert said.
Hundreds of thousands of people signed a petition on Change.org pleading with the state electors who formally select the president to deliver the office to Hillary Clinton.Hundreds of thousands of people signed a petition on Change.org pleading with the state electors who formally select the president to deliver the office to Hillary Clinton.
Riot shields were given to secret service agents who guard the White House, where Trump arrived for his first meeting with Barack Obama on Thursday.
The protests were dismissed as irrelevant by Trump’s advisers. Rudolph Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who is being touted as a likely attorney general in Trump’s administration, called demonstrators “a bunch of spoiled crybabies”.The protests were dismissed as irrelevant by Trump’s advisers. Rudolph Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who is being touted as a likely attorney general in Trump’s administration, called demonstrators “a bunch of spoiled crybabies”.
“Give me a year and I think you are going to find you are living in a much better country than you are living in right now,” Giuliani said on Fox News.“Give me a year and I think you are going to find you are living in a much better country than you are living in right now,” Giuliani said on Fox News.
The protests erupted after Clinton lost the electoral college and presidential race on Tuesday night despite winning the popular vote. San Francisco #notmypresident high school walk out pic.twitter.com/Kja2TRz1xR
As American voters and international leaders began to come to terms with a Republican White House led by the former reality television star, people opposed to Trump criticised the racism, sexism and xenophobia that the president-elect has made mainstream. Earlier in the day, high school students staged walkouts across the country. Authorities in Los Angeles told the LA Times that at least 4,000 students from the LA County school system had walked out in protest by Thursday afternoon.
Hundreds of high school students in San Francisco walked out of class too, and took to the streets of downtown, shouting “Not my president”, “My body, my choice” and “Love trumps hate” as they marched in the middle of traffic.
Malkia Williams, 15, who carried a sign that said “Pussy grabs back” – a reference to a leaked recording where Trump bragged he could sexually assault women because of his fame – said it was important for students to speak out since they couldn’t vote.
“A lot of adults voted for Donald Trump and they think we don’t care, but we do,” she said as she marched down a busy downtown street where student activists were temporarily halting vehicles, with many honking in support. “My loved ones and friends could be taken out of this country.”Williams said she was still processing Trump’s victory. “I still don’t feel it’s real. This is not the future we want.”
In Oakland, where 30 people were arrested on Wednesday night, a crowd gathered for a third night, but were more subdued than the previous evening, when a series of small fires were set, some windows were smashed and a few people threw rocks at police.
A pretty big crowd has gathered at Broadway & 14th to protest the election of Donald Trump. But they are relatively quiet so far. pic.twitter.com/myz7k2U2B3
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, according to a local ABC affiliate station, WISN 12, a number which later swelled to over 2,000 as the group marched downtown, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
In Denver, Colorado, as many as 2,000 people marched peacefully from the state capitol building through the city center:
I would guess there are about 2000 people marching past DPAC pic.twitter.com/bCw9VJ1jRU
On Wednesday night, US flags and effigies of the Republican president-elect were burned at protests in Portland, Oregon. On Thursday afternoon, several hundred people there gathered again for a protest organized by a Lewis and Clark University student, Gregory McKelvey.
“We think that because Trump is president, it becomes even more urgent for our city to become what people want it to be,” McKelvey told local NBC affiliate KGW. “It’s an anti-Trump protest but also a call for change in our city because we need to push for progress here.”
Elsewhere on Thursday, hundreds protested in Salt Lake City, Utah; San Francisco; Houston, Texas; and in Washington, DC, where protesters began their march outside Donald Trump’s newly-opened hotel.
And in Baltimore, the stadium where an NFL game was being played between the Ravens and the Cleveland Browns was reportedly on lockdown as several hundred people occupied the street outside:
This is one of the main entrances to the stadium, blocked by Trump rally during Ravens-Browns game (via @cbsbaltimore) pic.twitter.com/v2YVpIUspY
The protests erupted early on Wednesday morning on the west coast after Clinton lost the electoral college and presidential race on Tuesday night despite winning the popular vote.
“People are fucking bummed. People are disgusted,” said Eddie Gutierrez, 33, who joined late-night protests in Oakland, California. “They’ve lost faith in the fucking system.”
As night fell in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, people took over Sixth Avenue and marched by Trump Tower, carrying signs that read “She got more votes” and “Hands off my pussy”. About 65 arrests, most for alleged disorderly conduct or resisting police were made among crowds that were estimated to total about 10,000.As night fell in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, people took over Sixth Avenue and marched by Trump Tower, carrying signs that read “She got more votes” and “Hands off my pussy”. About 65 arrests, most for alleged disorderly conduct or resisting police were made among crowds that were estimated to total about 10,000.
At least 30 people were arrested in Oakland, 14 in Los Angeles, 12 in Richmond, Virginia, five in Chicago and one in Washington.At least 30 people were arrested in Oakland, 14 in Los Angeles, 12 in Richmond, Virginia, five in Chicago and one in Washington.
In New York, protesters who had marched all the way from Union Square – some 35 blocks downtown – continued past Trump Tower, with a crowd congregating in front of the president-elect’s building.In New York, protesters who had marched all the way from Union Square – some 35 blocks downtown – continued past Trump Tower, with a crowd congregating in front of the president-elect’s building.
“Fuck your tower! Fuck your wall!” people chanted at Trump Tower’s brassy facade, as scores of NYPD officers manned barricades, behind which stood eight department of sanitation trucks filled with dirt.“Fuck your tower! Fuck your wall!” people chanted at Trump Tower’s brassy facade, as scores of NYPD officers manned barricades, behind which stood eight department of sanitation trucks filled with dirt.
Nina, an actor living in Manhattan, told the Guardian that the protest felt less like a call-to-arms than a vigil for the promise of America. Thousands on Wednesday also took to the streets in Chicago, a Democratic city that overwhelmingly supported Clinton according to initial polls.
Thousands also took to the streets in Chicago, a Democratic city that overwhelmingly supported Clinton according to initial polls.
Gathering for what activists called an “emergency Trump protest”, demonstrators virtually shut down the city during rush hour traffic as they shouted: “Trump is not my president.”Gathering for what activists called an “emergency Trump protest”, demonstrators virtually shut down the city during rush hour traffic as they shouted: “Trump is not my president.”
While Chicago has gained international attention for these kinds of demonstrations in recent years – tied to the Black Lives Matter movement against police violence – Wednesday’s protests drew a diverse group of voters united in their anger at Trump.While Chicago has gained international attention for these kinds of demonstrations in recent years – tied to the Black Lives Matter movement against police violence – Wednesday’s protests drew a diverse group of voters united in their anger at Trump.
Protesters stood their ground for hours outside the luxury building, chanting about issues including black lives, LGBT rights and women’s health.
“This is the America I identify with,” said protester Nicole Endenova, a young woman of colour, as she stared at the crowds.“This is the America I identify with,” said protester Nicole Endenova, a young woman of colour, as she stared at the crowds.
Some protesters waved a Mexican flag outside the tower while screaming “Fuck your wall”, referring to Trump’s controversial plan for a border barrier.Some protesters waved a Mexican flag outside the tower while screaming “Fuck your wall”, referring to Trump’s controversial plan for a border barrier.
As helicopters followed the march from above, while police shielded Trump Tower, some protesters shouted, “We want a president, not a fucking racist!” By evening on the west coast large rallies began to emerge in Seattle and Oakland, organized under the hashtag #NotMyPresident. Protests also occurred in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Oregon and other states in regions throughout the US.
Several larger demonstrations throughout the day were led by high school and college students, including a mass walkout at a high school in Berkeley, California.
Protests were first launched early on Wednesday morning on the west coast after Trump told his supporters in New York City that Clinton had called him to concede.
“People are fucking bummed. People are disgusted,” said Eddie Gutierrez, 33, who joined late-night protests in Oakland, California. “They’ve lost faith in the fucking system.”
Protests also occurred in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Oregon and other states in regions throughout the US.
By evening on the west coast large rallies began to emerge in Seattle and Oakland, organized under the hashtag #NotMyPresident.
In Seattle, city councilwoman Kshama Sawant, a socialist politician and avid Bernie Sanders supporter during the presidential primaries, told a crowd of activists on Wednesday night that people should plan to disrupt Trump’s inauguration in January.In Seattle, city councilwoman Kshama Sawant, a socialist politician and avid Bernie Sanders supporter during the presidential primaries, told a crowd of activists on Wednesday night that people should plan to disrupt Trump’s inauguration in January.
“We are going to shut it down,” she said.“We are going to shut it down,” she said.