Anti-Trump protests turn violent : Cops clash
with 6,000-strong crowd in Oakland and activists block roads in LA amid
nationwide demonstrations that saw Madonna and Cher join 7,000 in NYC
The streets of downtown Oakland were choked with
smoke Thursday as police launched tear gas and protesters lit fires, in what
became by some distance the most violent of the many protests against the
election of Donald Trump. More than 6,000 protesters were seen on the streets
of the city with an initially peaceful march down a cop-lined street turning
nasty after some protesters threw bottles at officers.
In New York, home of the
President-elect, at least 30 people were arrested when cops cracked down on
twin demonstrations in Columbus Circle and at Trump Tower. As many as 7,500
demonstrators were believed to have been split between the two locations, with
Cher (pictured bottom-left, circled) and Madonna among the count. And thousands
more filled streets in Los Angeles, lighting fires on the steps of City Hall
and taking over the 110 Freeway. Trump's poll-defying win has sparked a wave of
similar rallies across the country, in Washington, DC; New Orleans, Louisiana;
Chicago, Illinois; Portland, Oregon; and San Francisco, California, among many
others.
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