Donald Trump: Election anger boils over in US streets

Thousands of people have protested across the US over Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the presidential election.

Thousands of people have protested across the US over Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the presidential election, blasting his campaign rhetoric around immigrants, Muslims and other groups.

On Wednesday evening, thousands of protesters thronged streets in midtown Manhattan while at a park further downtown hundreds who had gathered screamed “Not my president.” In Chicago, roughly 1,000 people attempted to gather outside the Trump International Hotel and Tower downtown while chanting phrases like “No Trump! No KKK! No racist USA.” Chicago police closed roads in the area, blocking the demonstrators’ path.

“I’m just really terrified about what is happening in this country,” said 22 -year-old Adriana Rizzo, who was holding a sign that read: “Enjoy your rights while you can.” “I’m particularly concerned about the rise of white nationalism and this is to show my support against that type of thing,” Rizzo said.

A woman argues with NYPD officers as she takes part in a protest against President-elect Donald Trump in New York City. Picture: AFP PHOTO / KENA BETANCUR

A representative of the Trump campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the protests. In his victory speech, however, Trump said he would be president for all Americans, saying, “It is time for us to come together as one united people.” Organisers also planned rallies in New York, Boston, Detroit, Philadelphia and elsewhere for Wednesday. In Austin, the Texas capital, about 400 people staged a march through the city’s streets, police said.

Earlier in the day, some 1,500 California students and teachers rallied in the courtyard of Berkeley High School, a San Francisco Bay Area city known for its progressive politics, before marching toward the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.

An anti-Trump rally is held in Seattle. Picture: AFP

Hundreds of high school and college students walked out in protest in Seattle, Phoenix, Los Angeles and three other cities in the Bay Area, Richmond, El Cerrito and Oakland.

A predominantly Latino group of about 300 high school students walked out of classes on Wednesday morning in Los Angeles and marched to the steps of City Hall, where they held a brief but boisterous rally.

People hold placards as they take part in an anti-racism protest against President-elect Donald Trump outside the US embassy in London. Picture: AP

There were no immediate reports of arrests or violence.

Wednesday’s demonstrations followed a night of protests around the San Francisco Bay Area and elsewhere in the country.

Demonstrators smashed storefront windows and set garbage and tires ablaze late Tuesday in downtown Oakland, California.

Reuters