Wednesday, 9 November 2016

'Not Our President':Donald Trump win sparks angry crowd riots across US as crowds burn American flag and chant 'Not Our President'

Crowds of angry protesters have taken to streets across the United States chanting "Not Our President" while setting fires and smashing windows.
Hundreds of people descended on California minutes after it was announced that Donald Trump had won the election.Bitter pro-Clinton voters from universities across California were heard chanting "not our president" as they sparked riots and stormed the streets in anger.

Dramatic eyewitness video shows baying crowds of protesters smashing windows, overturning bins and lighting flares in the Bay Area of San Francisco.
Meanwhile, hundreds of students from the University of Oregon were heard shouting "f*** Trump" as they marched through campus moments after Trump was declared winner.

And in Portland, Oregon, Clinton supporters were filmed setting fire to the American flag while shouting shouting "F*** Donald Trump".

Cops dressed in riot gear have reportedly blocked off streets in downtown Oakland where more than 300 protesters have amassed.
Officers urged protesters to go home after a young woman was "intentionally struck by an SUV" as part of the demonstration, NBC news reports.
The woman is said to have suffered major injuries but the full extent of her condition is not known.
A local police officer said: “They’re spread out and moving around in different locations.

"We’re trying to make sure they don’t do anything against the law."

Protests have also reportedly broken out in the San Diego, San Francisco and San Jose areas of California.
There are no immediate reports of arrests.
Further demonstrations raged at San Jose State University where one student yelled "I'm not giving up" to a crowd of pajama-clad students.

One man with a megaphone said that the protest was against “homophobia, bigotry and sexism”.

In a video he can also be heard shouting: “Stand for what you preach.”

Clinton fans blocked roads in Portland, while people chanted: “Whose streets? Our streets” as some kicked over newsstands.
Desirea Allen said on Twitter: "There are already riots across the river in Portland and on the freeway. I'm absolutely terrified for our nation right now."

Anti-Trump protests are also set to take place outside the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago.
There are fears more protests could erupt over the next 48 hours as the Brexit-style result sinks in.
Activists have slammed the President-elect for his "racist outbursts" and vow to build a "big, beautiful, powerful" wall on the border with Mexico.
Sabby Dhalu, co-convener of the Stand up to Racism group, said: "Donald Trump used the oldest trick in the book - he stirred up fear and racism in the context of a stagnant economy and the resulting fall in living standards - to mobilise a vote for him.

"The danger now is racists across the globe feel emboldened by Donald Trump's victory and racism and sexism become normalised through the most powerful figure in the world.

"We call on anti-racists and all progressives to join us tonight outside the US Embassy."

Hillary Clinton supporters were filmed setting fire to the US flag while marching through the streets of Portland, Oregon, shouting "F*** Donald Trump".

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