Massive protests after Trump victory
In New York on Wednesday, thousands of people protested with the slogan "Not my President!" Against the future head of state. According to CNN, protests were reported from at least seven cities.
According to media reports, five people were shot in Seattle in the US state of Washington. Two of the victims had suffered life-threatening injuries, the fire brigade of Seattle reported on Twitter. However, the city's police also reported on Twitter, assuming that the shots were not related to the demonstration.
"New York hates you"
In Manhattan, documentary filmmaker Michael Moore ( "Trumpland") joined the demonstrators. On Wednesday evening, he posted a video of the crowds on Facebook. Many demonstrators had also gathered in front of the Trump Tower in New York. In front of the building stood sand-filled semitrailers for protection. The police were on the ground with a massive presence.
"New York hates you", the demonstrators shouted in front of the high-rise of the next US president, "We reject the chosen president." On posters, sayings like "A step forward, 50 years back" or "finger away from my pussy" were to be read. A veiled woman held up a sign that said, "I am Muslim, I am afraid." The protests were largely peaceful, but Trump advocates kept appearing in the crowd and delivered scream duels with Trump opponents.
Students boycott lessons
In Berkeley, California, more than 2,000 students had their lessons canceled on Wednesday morning. Instead, they walked through the university town with posters and loud shouts, accompanied by their teachers. Some waved the Mexican flag and weathered in Spanish against Trump.
Already in the election night in some US cities had come to rallies. US media such as "USA Today" showed pictures from, among others, Californian Oakland and Portland, Oregon. There, protesters blocked roads. In some cases, garbage was lit and US flags burned.
The overwhelming number of protests came in the electoral night on the US West Coast, where the Democrat Hillary Clinton has a lot of followers.
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