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Tens of thousands of post-election protesters plan further action across US More anti-Trump action planned after second night of protests across US
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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. Tens of thousands of Americans are planning further protests and acts of dissent against the election of Donald Trump, after a second night of action in cities across the US that followed a wave of demonstrations on Wednesday in which dozens were arrested.
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 took to the streets on Thursday in Denver, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Portland, Oakland, and dozens more US cities, as well as Vancouver, Canada. The protests – smaller and more muted than Wednesday’s actions – were for the most part peaceful and orderly, though there were scattered acts of civil disobedience and damage to property.
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. Protesters threw objects at police in Portland and damaged a car lot, the Portland Police Department said on Twitter. Some protesters sprayed graffiti on cars and buildings and smashed store front windows, local media reported. A handful of protesters were arrested by Portland police, a witness told Reuters.
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!” In Minneapolis, dozens of people marched on to Interstate 94, blocking traffic in both directions for at least an hour as police stood by. A smaller band of demonstrators briefly halted traffic on a busy Los Angeles highway before police cleared them off.
Baltimore police reported that about 600 people marched through the Inner Harbor area, with some blocking roadways by sitting in the street. Two people were arrested, police said. One of the largest demonstrations was in Denver, where a crowd estimated to number about 3,000 gathered on the grounds of the Colorado state capitol and marched through the city centre:
I would guess there are about 2000 people marching past DPAC pic.twitter.com/bCw9VJ1jRU
As 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!”
Just had a very open and successful presidential election. Now professional protesters, incited by the media, are protesting. Very unfair!Just had a very open and successful presidential election. Now professional protesters, incited by the media, are protesting. Very unfair!
Earlier in the day, Trump was accorded a chilly but deferential welcome at the White House when he met Barack Obama for a 90-minute private meeting in the Oval Office.
In the first stage of a 72-day transition process between Tuesday’s unexpected election victory and Trump’s inauguration on 20 January, Obama said the two men discussed “foreign and domestic policy” and how to ensure the handover of power went smoothly.
Washington has quickly adopted a deferential approach toward the future commander-in-chief, despite the demonstration that have taken place since Tuesday’s election and reports of an increase in racist attacks aimed at immigrants.
Protest organisers and activists across the country are debating their next moves amid some calls for more direct action.Protest organisers and activists across the country are 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 said.“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.
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.
San Francisco #notmypresident high school walk out pic.twitter.com/Kja2TRz1xRSan Francisco #notmypresident high school walk out pic.twitter.com/Kja2TRz1xR
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.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.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.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.”“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. In Oakland, where 30 people were arrested on Wednesday night, a crowd that gathered on Thursday 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/myz7k2U2B3A 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.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: Lewis and Clark University student Gregory McKelvey, who organised a protest in Portland on Thursday, told local NBC affiliate KGW: “We think that because Trump is president, it becomes even more urgent for our city to become what people want it to be. It’s an anti-Trump protest but also a call for change in our city because we need to push for progress here.”
I would guess there are about 2000 people marching past DPAC pic.twitter.com/bCw9VJ1jRU Elsewhere on Thursday, hundreds protested in Salt Lake City, Utah; San Francisco; Houston, Texas; and in Washington, DC, where about 100 protesters marched from the White House to Donald Trump’s newly-opened hotel several blocks away.
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. At least 200 people rallied there after dark, many of them chanting “No hate! No fear! Immigrants are welcome here!” and carrying signs with such slogans as “Impeach Trump” and “Not my president.”
“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.” “I can’t support someone who supports so much bigotry and hatred. It’s heart-breaking,” said 25-year-old Joe Daniels from Virginia.
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. Reuters contributed to this report
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.
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.
“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.
Thousands on Wednesday 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.”
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.
“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.
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.
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.