New York: They came in their thousands - the children of immigrants, transgender individuals, women and men of all different ages and races - to demonstrate against President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday in New York.
Some held handwritten signs like, "Show the world what the popular vote looks like." The throng chanted, "Not our president!"
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Thousands in New York protest against Trump
Demonstrators in Midtown Manhattan shouting "not my President" rally against President-elect Donald Trump.
In one of the largest anti-Trump demonstrations since his election on Tuesday, a mass of people marched from Union Square in downtown New York to Trump Tower, the headquarters and home of Trump.
What a Trump administration will bring remains something of a mystery. But a national resistance among liberal activists and others who say they do not support his presidency is rising in response to the election in a way not seen in modern presidential history.
Thousands of people have taken to the streets to pre-emptively denounce a man whose administration they fear will be rooted in bigotry.
The thousands of protesters in New York on Saturday were joined by similar crowds that swelled in Chicago and Los Angeles.
Other demonstrations have taken place in cities like Oakland, California; Baltimore; Kansas City, Missouri; Milwaukee; and Portland, Oregon.
The demonstrations have mostly been organised on the fly by local activist groups. But established national organisations like Showing Up for Racial Justice, the ACLU and the National Action Network have had a hand in supporting the protest efforts.
Most of the gatherings have remained peaceful, but tempers have flared.
In Portland on Thursday night, after a peaceful protest thinned out, dozens of people whom police described as anarchists remained in the streets, clashing with officers in riot gear.
Car windows were smashed, smoke filled the air and one person was shot.
More protests are planned, and preparations are under way for a massive protest at Trump's inauguration in January.
Activists are also strategising for what they think will be tumultuous times under Trump.
Activists in Oakland are preparing to raise money to support social services programs they assume will be gutted.
And several black civil rights organisations have plotted ways to challenge the Trump administration and the Republican Congress on various legislative fronts.
The New York Times