High schoolers take to street in Portland against Trump

“There were anarchists and people in that crowd who are trying to stir up the crowd”, said PPB spokesperson Sgt. Pete Simpson.

Police have said occupants of the vehicle are believed to be criminal gang associates. Police eventually used flash bangs and tear gas to break up the crowd. Hundreds of people marched through the city, disrupting traffic and spray-painting graffiti.

Many of those from the original protest spoke out against the vandalism chanting, “Peaceful protest”, or “Smash the patriarchy, not the property”.

Other protests were expected Sunday in St Louis, Philadelphia, Denver, as well as smaller cities like Worcester, Massachusetts and Iowa City, Iowa.

Due to the fluid nature of the ongoing protests over the past several days, most of the arresting officers were on duty, working to protect the city during an emergent event.

She described herself as an armchair liberal but declared, “I’m not going to be armchair anymore”.

Trump supporter Nicolas Quirico was traveling from South Beach to Miami.

“Trump will be our president”.

“It’s a shame that we’ve come to the point in our nation where this is how we respond to peaceful elections, with violent protests”, Roorda told WND in an interview.

Across the country, high school students have also joined protests.

Their uniting theme was a reaction to the election’s outcome: a disappointingly low number of people cast votes this year.

Kellyanne Conway, Trump’s campaign manager, said on Fox News on Sunday that she was sure numerous protesters were paid professionals, though she offered no proof. According to the North Plains resident, some of the anti-Trump protesters were blocking the eastbound bridge land by marching on the roadway.

Police also said a shooting early Saturday that injured a man participating in the march did not appear to be related to the protest.

In Chicago, multiple groups planned protests through Saturday.

“I obviously agree that he’s racist, he’s sexist, he’s phobic, he’s misogynistic”.

“Thank you for the unity”, the tweet said.

“A group of about 300 or more of us split from the holdup to march across the Burnside Bridge”, she said.

“We had a moment here in which the very frequent exercise of First Amendment rights got hijacked by some people that wanted to do harm or were simply careless for their neighbors”, Hales said.

Most of the demonstrations were organized in an ad-hoc manner by local activist groups, the Times reports, although national organizations including Showing up for Racial Justice and the National Action Network have offered their support. Thursday was the third night people have protested in the city since Trump won the general election.

About 7,000 protesters turned out Wednesday night to express indignation over Trump’s election in Oakland.

In Los Angeles, hundreds of protesters blocked a busy highway last week, bringing traffic to a standstill.

Previous demonstrations drew thousands of people in NY and other large urban centers. The demonstrations have been hastily called, often by people with little experience in activism before, to show the shock and horror so many people feel at the outcome.