Thousands of protesters took to the streets of several U.S.
cities and college campuses Wednesday to express their disdain for
president-elect
Donald Trump.
NEW YORK CITY
A massive gathering of protesters descended upon Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan Wednesday night, marching from Union Square.
Protesters chanted, "My body, my choice," "Not my president," and "Hey, hey, ho, ho, Donald Trump has got to go."
At
Union Square, hundreds chanted "He's Not My President" and carried
signs that read "Defeat Fascism." Another group of protesters gathered
at Columbus Circle near Trump International Hotel & Tower.
At
least 65 people were arrested during Wednesday night's demonstrations,
according to WABC. Sources also tell WABC that at least 10,000 people
took part in NYC demonstrations.The majority of the arrests
took place in front of Trump Tower, where several people climbed light
poles and had to be taken down. Police closed 5th Avenue at 57th Street
due to the unrest and did not allow demonstrators to march to Trump
Tower.
CHICAGO
In
Chicago,
hundreds of protesters marched through the city's downtown and gathered
outside the city's Trump Tower to express their anger that Trump was
elected."You saw all of the hate was coming with him, and you
were just hoping that that would never come to fruition, and it has,"
anti-Trump protester Will Rossi told Chicago's ABC7.
Protesters also filled the streets in Washington, D.C., and gathered outside the newly-opened Trump hotel.
Some protesters also gathered outside the newly-opened Trump Hotel.
Students at American University protested on campus.
LOS ANGELES
Hundreds of people took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles to express their disgust with president-elect Trump.
The Los Angeles Police Department reported 13 arrests just after midnight local time.
Many protesters gathered at City Hall, where they burned a piñata of Trump. Another protester wrote "F*** Trump" on city bus.
Protesters also descended upon the 101 freeway in downtown Los Angeles, forcing its shutdown.
SEATTLE
In
Seattle, about 100 protesters gathered in the Capitol Hill
neighborhood, blocked roads and set a trash bin on fire, according to
The Associated Press.
Protesters marched through
downtown, carrying signs that read "Black Lives Matter", "Misogyny has
to go," "Love Trumps Hate,"and "The people united, will never be
defeated." They also chanted "Not My President," as Seattle Police
officers on bicycles closely watcher over the marchers.
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
About
7,000 protesters took to the street of the northern California city to
protest president-elect Trump, according to the Oakland Police
Department.
The protests were mostly peaceful, except for splinter
groups that vandalized the city's downtown area, setting objects on
fire and breaking windows, according to the the Oakland P.D.'s public
information officer, Johnna Watson.
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Two officers were injured and two patrol cars were burned,
Watson said. One officers was treated and released and one who was still
in hospital before midnight.
The Oakland Police Department made
30 arrests and handed out 11 citations during the protest, on charges of
assault on an officer, vandalism, unlawful assembly, failure to
disperse, and possession of a firearm.
Three Oakland police officers were injured.
According
to ABC affiliate KGO-TV, protesters chanted "not our president" and
carried signs that read "Donald Trump is a rapist" and "Secede
#CalExit."
KGO-TV also reported that a "splinter group" of protesters set fires and lit fireworks in the city's downtown.
BOSTON
Thousands
of anti-Donald Trump protesters expressed their anger over Trump being
elected on Boston Common Wednesday night, before heading to the
Statehouse and Copley Square, ABC affiliate WCVB reported.
Protesters
chanted "Not My President," "No Fascist," "We Will Not Be Silenced,"
and "No KKK," wjile carrying signs that read "He Will Never Be My
President."
Meaghan Schaefer, a 19-year-old student
at Emerson College, told WCVB, "We were so close to seeing the first
woman become president and she lost to a man who has no political
experience, who doesn't represent the majority in this country."
And
at the University of Massachusetts, students gathered at the Goodell
Building for Workplace Learning and Management with chants of, "Trump
must go!"
PORTLAND, OREGON
About 2,000 protesters blocked Interstate 5 twice during protests Wednesday night, according to ABC affiliate KATU.
Protesters also forced a delay for trains on two light-rail lines.
The crowd of anti-Trump protesters burned American flags and chanted, "That's not my president."
PHILADELPHIA
About
700 protesters marched through the Philadelphia's downtown Wednesday
night, according to Philadelphia police. The mass of people kicked off
the their protest across from City Hall and continued through Temple
University, marching for two hours, according to ABC affiliate WPVI.
"We
are not going to take anything lying down," Chris Price of North
Philadelphia told WPVI. "This is Philadelphia. We don't take anything
from anybody."
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
Hundreds
of protesters shut down several streets in Virginia's capital city
Wednesday night as they marched chanting, “No Trump. No KKK. No fascist
USA,” "Not My President," according to ABC affiliate WRIC.
Some protesters also marched onto I-95 south in downtown Richmond, shutting down the interstate in both directions.
Virginia
State Police said in a statement, "State troopers have responded to the
location to guide the protesters off the interstate –- for their safety
and the motoring public’s safety. Due to it being dark outside with
limited lighting, and the blind curves and ramps along this particular
stretch of I-95, this is an extremely dangerous situation for any
pedestrian traffic."
Ten people were arrested, Virginia State
Police said in a statement: "At approximately midnight, a total of 10
protesters were taken into custody without further incident and charged
with unlawful assembly and for being pedestrians on an interstate. The
six females and four males arrested range in age of 20 to 26 years of
age."
DALLAS, TEXAS
According to Dallas police,
about 300 protesters gathered at the city's Victory Park for anti-Trump
rally organized by the Next Generation Action Network.
"As we wrap
our minds around this failed attempt at democracy that we as a country
have witnessed in this election, and brace ourselves as Americans for a
new Republican commander-in-chief with a majority Republican House and
Senate; we are even more strengthened in our resolve to fight," read a
statement from the group before the protest, according to ABC affiliate
WFAA. "Most everything out of the Trump campaign has been divisive and
contrary to those values written in the U.S. Constitution."
ELSEWHERE IN THE US
Anti-Trump protests were also held in Atlanta; St. Paul, Minnesota; and Pittsburgh.
ABC News' Matt Foster, Rex Sakamoto, Joshua Hoyos, Chad Murray and Geoffrey Eisler contributed to this report.