Iaconangelo writes: "Protesters marched in several cities across the country
on Tuesday evening after Donald Trump was elected president."
People protesting the election of Donald Trump take to the streets of
downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday morning. (photo: Rick Loomis/LA Times)
Street Protests Breakout in Cities Across US Following Trump Victory
By David Iaconangelo, The Christian Science Monitor
09 November 16
Hillary Clinton supporters deal with disbelief and shock with some taking to
the streets in protest. University campuses and cities on the West Coast saw
the biggest outpouring.
Protesters marched in several cities across the country on Tuesday evening
after Donald Trump was elected president.
They were particularly numerous on California university campuses, the Bay
Area, and in cities on the West Coast, where feelings from the mostly young
crowd ranged from disbelief and heartbreak to anger and fear, in the wake of
an election where the gulf separating the candidates platforms was perhaps
the widest in modern US history.
Hundreds of people flooded into the streets around the University of
California Los Angeles (UCLA) early on Wednesday morning, chanting
anti-Trump expletives and setting ablaze a piñata with his likeness in a
trash can, according to the Los Angeles Times, which estimated protesters
numbers at up to 1,500. One young woman, N.J. Omorogieva, told the newspaper
that she joined the protest after coming across it on her way home.
Of course I joined in," she said. "To give hugs to people who were overcome
by devastation."
Things were tenser in Oakland, a city with a long history of radical
activism, where more than 100 protesters burned an effigy of Mr. Trump, lit
fires in roadways and smashed windows at the offices of the Oakland Tribune
newspaper, according to NBC Bay Area. They were met by police in riot gear
who later made what a local news station called a small number of arrests
for disobedience and vandalism.
Others walked through the streets with linked arms, chanting, "When our
communities are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back."
One person was struck by a vehicle while blocking a highway with other
protesters, according to the East Bay Times, although the extent of the
victims injuries remains unclear.
Demonstrations also sprung up in San Jose, San Diego, and Berkeley, as well
as in Portland, Ore., where people blocked traffic and overturned a dumpster
in the middle of the road.
"Whose streets? Our streets!" they chanted, according to Portlands KGW.
The nations capital played host to several protests as well, with more than
1,000 people gathering outside of the White House, according to Fox News.
Members of Avaaz, a civic organization that promotes progressive causes such
as climate change, were also present at the White House. The group had
planned to perform a choral performance carrying signs that spelled out "We
are better than bigotry." But as the election results rolled in Avaaz leader
Andrew Nazdin said he began to realize his group was about to host the
first protest of the Trump administration, according to The Washington
Post.
There, as in cities on the West Coast, fear about what life would be like
under the new presidency was a special theme among minority protesters.
"Its scary being a minority right now," Howard University sophomore Kaylin
Young told The Washington Post, adding that she couldnt "even begin to
describe" how different a Trump presidency would be from that of President
Obama. "The things that he said about minorities, the things that he said
about people of different colors, of different nationalities, has been
incredibly hurtful."
Naja Nelson, a George Washington University student, pointed to the danger
that many of Mr. Obamas signature policy initiatives could be peeled away.
"Im starting to question everything," she told the Post. "Im afraid things
will go back to the way it was years ago. Racism has never gone away, but
now those racists feel like they can step it up.... I mean, the KKK endorsed
[Trump]. I dont know whats happening."
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People protesting the election of Donald Trump take to the streets of
downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday morning. (photo: Rick Loomis/LA Times)
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Street Protests Breakout in Cities Across US Following Trump Victory
By David Iaconangelo, The Christian Science Monitor
09 November 16
Hillary Clinton supporters deal with disbelief and shock with some taking to
the streets in protest. University campuses and cities on the West Coast saw
the biggest outpouring.
rotesters marched in several cities across the country on Tuesday evening
after Donald Trump was elected president.
They were particularly numerous on California university campuses, the Bay
Area, and in cities on the West Coast, where feelings from the mostly young
crowd ranged from disbelief and heartbreak to anger and fear, in the wake of
an election where the gulf separating the candidates platforms was perhaps
the widest in modern US history.
Hundreds of people flooded into the streets around the University of
California Los Angeles (UCLA) early on Wednesday morning, chanting
anti-Trump expletives and setting ablaze a piñata with his likeness in a
trash can, according to the Los Angeles Times, which estimated protesters
numbers at up to 1,500. One young woman, N.J. Omorogieva, told the newspaper
that she joined the protest after coming across it on her way home.
Of course I joined in," she said. "To give hugs to people who were overcome
by devastation."
Things were tenser in Oakland, a city with a long history of radical
activism, where more than 100 protesters burned an effigy of Mr. Trump, lit
fires in roadways and smashed windows at the offices of the Oakland Tribune
newspaper, according to NBC Bay Area. They were met by police in riot gear
who later made what a local news station called a small number of arrests
for disobedience and vandalism.
Others walked through the streets with linked arms, chanting, "When our
communities are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back."
One person was struck by a vehicle while blocking a highway with other
protesters, according to the East Bay Times, although the extent of the
victims injuries remains unclear.
Demonstrations also sprung up in San Jose, San Diego, and Berkeley, as well
as in Portland, Ore., where people blocked traffic and overturned a dumpster
in the middle of the road.
"Whose streets? Our streets!" they chanted, according to Portlands KGW.
The nations capital played host to several protests as well, with more than
1,000 people gathering outside of the White House, according to Fox News.
Members of Avaaz, a civic organization that promotes progressive causes such
as climate change, were also present at the White House. The group had
planned to perform a choral performance carrying signs that spelled out "We
are better than bigotry." But as the election results rolled in Avaaz leader
Andrew Nazdin said he began to realize his group was about to host the
first protest of the Trump administration, according to The Washington
Post.
There, as in cities on the West Coast, fear about what life would be like
under the new presidency was a special theme among minority protesters.
"Its scary being a minority right now," Howard University sophomore Kaylin
Young told The Washington Post, adding that she couldnt "even begin to
describe" how different a Trump presidency would be from that of President
Obama. "The things that he said about minorities, the things that he said
about people of different colors, of different nationalities, has been
incredibly hurtful."
Naja Nelson, a George Washington University student, pointed to the danger
that many of Mr. Obamas signature policy initiatives could be peeled away.
"Im starting to question everything," she told the Post. "Im afraid things
will go back to the way it was years ago. Racism has never gone away, but
now those racists feel like they can step it up.... I mean, the KKK endorsed
[Trump]. I dont know whats happening."
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