Protests against Donald Trump have erupted in the United States and around the world following Wednesday’s election.

It didn’t take long after Donald Trump was declared the new president of the United States for the protests to begin.

Last week, I predicted that regardless of the outcome, that the aftermath could be ugly. Extreme emotions, the shock of a landslide victory after the widespread fake polls that predicted the opposite, and people who adamantly detest Trump were likely to blend to create a perfect storm.

Less than two hours after Trump was declared president-elect, protesters gathered outside the White House to protest at the outcome of the vote.

CBS13 reported that Clinton supporters were marching in Davis, Sacramento shouting foul comments about Trump.

Further south, in Oakland, demonstrators got even rowdier:

Today, the protests are increasing in number.

KRON reports that demonstrators have planned to take to the streets in Oakland and San Francisco this evening to make their displeasure known about the newly named president. Market and Powell Street in San Francisco and the Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in downtown Oakland are the areas to avoid, where demonstrators intend to meet at 5 pm. Students walked out of Bay Area schools in protest.

CDL Life, a website for long-distance truckers, reports that roadways all over America are being affected.

In New Mexico, an anti-Trump rally turned violent.

There were even Anti-Trump protests outside the American Embassy in London last night, with signs comparing him to Hitler.

Get prepared…this is only the beginning.

I suspect they’re just getting warmed up. We’re dealing with organizations who cheated, colluded with the media, and did everything they could to steal the election. Expect to see more unrest. If you can at all, stay home to avoid the potential of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Make sure you have some emergency food on hand. If you need help to get prepped for a civil unrest situation, go here.

Trump said he would deliver a Brexit style shock. He delivered Brexit on steroids.

By Daisy Luther And the Anti-Trump Protests Begin… </s> Protests erupted in several cities across the US early on Wednesday in the wake of Donald Trump’s presidential victory

The largest protests happened on the West Coast, with crowds marching through California’s Oakland, Berkeley, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Protesters chanted anti-Trump slogans, blocked traffic, smashed windows and burned the US flag.

Lady Gaga, an avid Clinton follower, even staged her own one-woman protest outside Trump Tower

Students from the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) and San Diego (UCSD) gathered in the streets until late at night, chanting “Not my president” and expletives such as “F**k Trump.” At least 500 protesters gathered near UCLA, AP reported, citing police.

Even larger crowds took to the streets from the Berkeley campus, with angry participants lighting flares and shouting similar slogans.

Demonstrations apparently got even more out of control in Oakland, where protesters smashed windows, set fires in the streets and burnt an effigy of the Republican winner, local television reported.

In Oregon, one of the states that Clinton won, crowds blocked traffic in Portland. Streets in Eugene were also filled with people shouting expletives.

In Seattle, Washington, police had to close a street after protesters blocked an intersection, USA Today reported.

More than 1,000 people gathered outside the White House in the US capital to protest Trump’s victory, according to Fox News. Meanwhile, in New York prominent musician Lady Gaga, who was in Hillary Clinton’s camp, staged a one-woman protest outside Trump Tower, holding a sign reading “Love trumps hate.” </s> NEW YORK: Demonstrators took to the streets in Miami, Los Angeles, New York and other US cities to oppose Donald Trump’s election as president for a third straight night of nationwide protests Friday (Saturday in Manila).

People gathered in New York’s Washington Square neighborhood in lower Manhattan, some carrying enormous red balloons and placards with hearts and the words “peace and love.”

Others held signs reading “Your Wall Can’t Stand in Our Way”—a reference to the anti-immigration barrier the billionaire real estate baron has promised to build on the US border with Mexico.

The city’s local ABC affiliate said an estimated 4,000 people gathered at the site, while others descended on Union Square and marched through Midtown and still more converged outside Trump Tower.

The New York Police Department reported that 11 people had been arrested as of late Friday, the New York Times said.

Demonstrators said they wanted to show solidarity with those they felt may be targeted by Trump’s policies once he takes office in January, including Mexicans and Muslims.

“We’re here to support the people that Trump has insulted, to show our children that we all have a voice, and to stand up for people’s rights,” Kim Bayer, 41, told Agence France-Presse

Organizers plan another large demonstration in the same Washington Square location on Saturday, and more protests are expected across a number of cities over the weekend.

Meanwhile, about a thousand protesters took part in an apparently spontaneous demonstration in Miami, hoisting signs against racism and opposing the deportation of undocumented immigrants as they walked down Biscayne Boulevard.

At a small protest in California, about two dozen women wearing shorts and sports bras locked arms and staged a brief flash mob-style protest in the middle of a freeway south of Los Angeles Friday, causing traffic to come to a standstill.

Several of the women carried placards that read “Unity” as they marched down the four-lane freeway in Costa Mesa.

Atlanta police estimated that the city’s largest anti-Trump protest yet drew more than 1,000 people Friday, according to local broadcaster WSB.

And in Philadelphia, some 250 people gathered for a rally against the president-elect, ABC affiliate WPVI reported.

Further north in Boston more than a thousand people converged in the afternoon for a “Love Rally” against Trump’s divisive rhetoric, local media said.

Demonstrations also occurred in Detroit, Michigan; Dallas, Texas; Memphis, Tennessee; Orlando, Florida; and Raleigh, North Carolina.

Since Trump’s shock victory on Tuesday over Democrat Hillary Clinton, who had been widely tipped to win, thousands have protested in cities across the United States.

While most of the demonstrations have been peaceful, officials said some erupted in violence that caused property damage.

There has also been an uptick in violence by both Clinton and Trump supporters against partisans on the other side, law enforcement officials said. AFP </s> CLOSE Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in cities across the U.S. on Wednesday to protest against Donald Trump following his surprise defeat of Hillary Clinton in Tuesday’s presidential election. Time

Protesters Donald Trump's presidential election march around Campus Martius Park, Wednesday Nov. 9, 2016, in Detroit. (Photo: Steve Perez, AP)

Anti-Trump demonstrators in several big cities and on college campuses across the U.S. protested for a second day against the president-elect, suggesting Thursday that national unity won't come easy after the contentious election.

Donald Trump weighed in on the two days of protests Thursday evening, complaining that he took part in a "very open and successful presidential election" but now "professional protesters, incited by the media, are protesting. Very unfair!"

Just had a very open and successful presidential election. Now professional protesters, incited by the media, are protesting. Very unfair! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 11, 2016

In New York, for the second straight night, hundreds of protesters gathered near the iconic Trump Tower to express their anger and anguish over the election of the businessman.

The crowd was notably young. The organizers were not yet old enough to vote, but said that they wanted to inspire young people to voice their opinions and understand that they can shape the future.

"We've got to protest," said organizer Elijah Newman, 16, of Brooklyn, as he stood with hundreds of other Millennials in front of Trump Tower.

"It's not just Donald Trump -- it's the system of education," he said. "New York City is like a megaphone to the entire world. It's important that we're protesting here because it will inspire and influence other people to start protesting."

In Los Angeles, protests continued on Thursday — though not as big as Wednesday — as organizers claimed they were saving their energy for the weekend, The Los Angeles Times reported. Hundreds marched onto a busy highway causing a complete standstill late Wednesday night, prompting the Los Angeles Police Department to arrest several demonstrators.

Up in Portland, demonstrators protested for a third straight night as protests turned violent despite calls from police urging people to remain peaceful, The Oregonian reported. Citing "extensive criminal and dangerous behavior," authorities declared the demonstrations a protest riot later in the night and instructed people to move via loudspeaker as violent protests scenes circulated on social media.

Due to extensive criminal and dangerous behavior, protest is now considered a riot. Crowd has been advised. — Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) November 11, 2016

Crowd throwing projectiles at police. Significant damage to area car lot. — Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) November 11, 2016

Car windows getting smashed left and right. #Trumpriotpic.twitter.com/0JyM69bXUb — Mike Bivins (@itsmikebivins) November 11, 2016

Meanwhile, dozens of students from Texas State University rallied on their campus against Trump.

Holding signs that read “Make America Free Again” and “Tear Down the Fascist,” the students gathered on the Quad of the campus in San Marcos, Tex., about 30 miles south of Austin. Some chanted, “What do we need? Love! When do we want it? Now!” Others argued with Trump supporters who waded into the crowd. The gathering appeared to be generally peaceful.

The afternoon rally came a day after fliers appeared in bathrooms across campus warning of pro-Trump "vigilante squads." The fliers had a picture of men clad in camouflage holding rifles and said the squads would “arrest and torture those deviant university leaders spouting off all this diversity garbage.” University police were investigating the source of the fliers.

There have been other incidents.

In Chicago, a video went viral on social media that shows a 49-year-old man being badly beaten by a group of young men as bystanders yelled anti-Trump taunts at the victim. The incident, which occurred on Wednesday, began after the man got into a traffic accident with the assailants, who stole his car.

In DeWitt, Mich.,school officials on Thursday said they were investigating three reports that students at DeWitt Junior High School targeted minority classmates with racially-charged chants a day earlier, and at times locked arms to create a "wall," a nod to what President-elect Donald Trump has promised to build between Mexico and the United States.

Corina Gonzalez said that her seventh-grade daughter was targeted in one of the alleged incidents.

"She attempted to get to her locker, and there were some boys blocking the locker," she said. "And they were chanting things such as 'Donald Trump for president; let's build the wall; let's make America great again; you need to go back to Mexico.'"

Muslim students at the New York University's Tandon School of Engineering reported that someone vandalized their prayer room, scrawling "Trump!" across the front door, the Anti-Defamation League reported Thursday.

Meanwhile, the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in Pelham, N.C. announced on their web site that they will be holding a parade on Dec. 3 to celebrate Trump's victory.

In Chicago, as a few dozen young protesters gathered Thursday night near the Trump International Hotel and Tower, Black Lives Matter activist Lamon Reccord, 17, said that he was hopeful that Trump's victory would mark a political awakening for Millenials, who showed less support for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton than they did for Obama four years ago. Clinton beat Trump 54% to 37% among voters ages 18 to 29, while Obama beat Mitt Romney 60% to 37% four years ago, according to CNN exit polls.

"This is something that is waking up the young," Reccord said. "It should not have taken Donald Trump to get this generation going."

Rudy Giuliani, a top Trump surrogate, dismissed the thousands of anti-Trump protesters that have taken to the street as “a bunch of spoiled cry-babies."

"Calm down, things are not as bad as you think," Giuliani said of the protesters in a Fox & Friends interview Thursday

Demonstrations were underway in Columbus, Milwaukee, Minneapolis and elsewhere Thursday evening, the day after thousands of protesters took to the streets in more than a dozen cities to speak out against Trump’s victory.

Protests in Wisconsin's state capital of Madison and Milwaukee, the state's most populous city, drew some of the biggest crowds Thursday, with more than 1,000 demonstrators taking to streets in both cities.

Voters and civil rights activists who oppose the president-elect say they plan to continue to express their outrage even as Trump and his team have begun working on their White House transition. Trump, who acidly ridiculed President Obama throughout his campaign and for years questioned whether the president was even born in the U.S., met with Obama at the White House on Thursday. Dozens of anti-Trump protesters gathered outside the White House as the two met.

"He will be our president," said NAACP President Cornell William Brooks. "We as civil rights leaders . . . we're quite willing to stand by his side in support of policies that speak to the values of the country. But we're also willing to stand in his face and in the face of this administration, if they violate core American precepts."

During the demonstrations, which have been largely peaceful, protesters lashed out against Trump, taking him to task for controversial comments he made about women, minorities, immigrants and Muslims while campaigning.

Some held signs declaring Trump “Not My President” and vowed to speak out against the Republican throughout his time in office.

Some demonstrators say they still hold on to a thread of hope that Trump will hear their voices and choose to not take office, or will be impeached after he takes office.

Not cool. @POTUS or Hillary should address. 'People Have to Die': Anti-Trump Protester Calls For Violence on CNN https://t.co/NfEqhkrTvu — Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) November 10, 2016

But many say they are simply trying to send the message that Trump’s sometimes incendiary rhetoric does not reflect their views, and that they plan to hold him accountable.

“What we are trying to say is Donald Trump is not the right person to serve as president, and we do not support anything he says or does,” said Erick Bellomy, 21, one of the organizers of a protest in Columbus. “Trump may become President of the United States, but we know in our hearts that he is not worthy of being the president.”

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Thursday that the protesters were practicing their constitutional right to free speech.

“The president believes that’s a right that should be protected, it is a right that should be exercised without violence,” Earnest said. “There are people who are disappointed.”

More than 1,000 high school students in San Francisco walked out of class Thursday morning and marched through the city to express their disapproval of Trump. Several hundred students walked out of class in Oxnard, Calif, about 30 miles south of Los Angeles. In Phoenix, more than 200 students at two high schools held walkouts. Meanwhile, 50 to 75 private school students in Washington, D.C. left school early, with administrators blessings, and marched on Trump International Hotel.

"We're doing it for our futures," said 14-year-old Kevin Espinosa, who took part in the Phoenix protests.

"The future is black and brown, the future is queer and trans.... We are the future." -MSU College Dems President Dan Eggerding pic.twitter.com/8jrLWXOeDz — Olivia Dimmer (@DimmerOlivia) November 10, 2016

College campus were also buzzing.

More than 1,000 Michigan State University students gathered to take part in a protest organized by the university's College Democrats chapter. At the University of Tennessee, hundreds of students gathered on the Knoxville campus Thursday, chanting “Love Trumps Hate” and holding homemade signs to express their anger over the election results.

A smaller group of Trump backers holding their own signs and wearing campaign T-shirts in support of the president-elect stood at the edge of the demonstration.

Dalton Teel, a sophomore and anti-Trump demonstrator, directly addressed the Trump backers.

"This is to all the Trump supporters on the outskirts who say this protest is inconvenient. Do you know what's inconvenient? Being black on this campus,” Teel said. "Do you know what's inconvenient? Being gay on this campus. Do you know what's inconvenient? Being Muslim on this campus."

Contributing: USA TODAY's Eliza Collins, USA TODAY College correspondent Olivia Dimmer, Lansing State Journal reporter Christopher Haxel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinal reporters Jesse Garza and James B. Nelson, and the Knoxville News Sentinel

Read or Share this story: http://usat.ly/2fhK3V7 </s> More Anti-Trump Protests Planned For This Afternoon

Thousands of people gathered downtown yesterday and marched through the streets to protest President-elect Donald Trump. It was massive.

Well, there will be more protests this afternoon/evening, so plan accordingly if you want to join or avoid the traffic hell that will likely exist.

People will be converging at Pioneer Courthouse Square (701 SW 6th) at 5 p.m. for protests led by two separate groups. First, there's an "interfaith call for inclusion" led by the Interfaith Council of Greater Portland (event page): 



And then, at the same time at the same place, one is being led by Portland's Resistance (event page).

One question remains: Will the Portland Police Bureau maintain its hands-off approach to protesters again? </s> Madeline Lopes, left, and Cassidy Irwin, both of Oakland, march with other protesters in downtown Oakland, Calif., early Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016. President-elect Donald Trump’s victory set off multiple protests. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group via AP)

A trash fire burns during protests in Oakland, Calif., late Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. President-elect Donald Trump’s victory set off multiple protests. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group via AP)

A woman yells as she takes part in a protest against President-elect Donald Trump, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Protesters block a street and stop traffic during a demonstration against President-elect Donald Trump, early Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Smoke from a small fire and fire-extinguisher powder rises during a protest against President-elect Donald Trump, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Felomina Cervantes, of Seattle, holds a sign that reads "Shame on You America" as she takes part in a protest against President-elect Donald Trump, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

An Oakland police officer checks out damage after a window was broken by protesters at a car dealership in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016. President-elect Donald Trump’s victory set off multiple protests. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group via AP)

LOS ANGELES — Donald Trump’s presidential victory set off protests early Wednesday on both coasts.

From Pennsylvania to California, Oregon and Washington hundreds of people hit the streets to voice their opposition to Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton.

Police said at least 500 people swarmed on streets in and around UCLA, some shouting anti-Trump expletives and others chanting “Not my president!”

There were no immediate arrests.

Smaller demonstrators were held at University of California campuses and neighbourhoods in Berkeley, Irvine and Davis and at San Jose State.

In Oakland, more than 100 protesters took to downtown streets. KNTV-TV reported that protesters burned Trump in effigy, smashed windows of the Oakland Tribune newsroom and set tires and trash on fire.

The California Highway Patrol says a woman was struck by a car during the protest and severely injured.

In Oregon, dozens of people blocked traffic in downtown Portland and forced a delay for trains on two light rail lines. Media reports say the crowd grew to about 300 people, including some who sat in the middle of the road to block traffic. The crowd of anti-Trump protesters burned American flags and chanted “That’s not my president.”

In Seattle, a group of about 100 protesters gathered in the Capital Hill neighbourhood, blocked roads and set a trash bin on fire.

In Pennsylvania, hundreds of University of Pittsburgh students marched through the streets, with some in the crowd calling for unity. The student-run campus newspaper, the Pitt News, tweeted about an event later Wednesday titled “Emergency Meeting: Let’s Unite to Stop President Trump.” </s> NEW YORK: Demonstrators took to the streets in New York City to oppose Donald Trump’s election as US president for a fourth straight day Friday.

Some 1,200 people gathered in the Washington Square neighborhood of lower Manhattan, some carrying enormous red balloons and placards with hearts and the words “peace and love.”

Others held signs reading “Your Wall Can’t Stand in Our Way” — a reference to the anti-immigration barrier the billionaire real estate baron has promised to build on the US border with Mexico.

Demonstrators said they wanted to show solidarity with those they feel may be targeted by Trump’s policies once he takes office in January, including Mexicans and Muslims.

“We’re here to support the people that Trump has insulted, to show our children that we all have a voice, and to stand up for people’s rights,” said Kim Bayer, 41.

“We’re afraid a Trump administration will be a disaster for human rights. I’ve never been so scared in my life. We need to be out here and be loud.”

Another protester, Jamie, 25, said the demonstration aimed “to send a message of love to anybody who’s feeling threatened, who’s afraid of being targeted — to immigrants, to minorities, to anybody shaken by the (election) result.”

“There’s a lot of uncertainty and we need a message of love,” she said.

Organizers plan another large demonstration in the same location on Saturday.

Since Trump’s shock victory on Tuesday over Democrat Hillary Clinton, who had been widely tipped to win, thousands have protested in cities across the United States.

While most of the demonstrations have been peaceful, officials said some erupted in violence that caused property damage.

There has also been an uptick in violence by both Clinton and Trump supporters against partisans on the other side, law enforcement officials said. – AFP </s> CHICAGO — The raw divisions exposed by the presidential race were on full display across America on Wednesday, as protesters flooded city streets to condemn Donald Trump's election in demonstrations that police said were mostly peaceful.

From New England to heartland cities like Kansas City and along the West Coast, demonstrators carried flags and anti-Trump signs, disrupting traffic and declaring that they refused to accept Trump's triumph.

In Chicago, where thousands had recently poured into the streets to celebrate the Chicago Cubs' first World Series victory in over a century, several thousand people marched through the Loop. They gathered outside Trump Tower, chanting "Not my president!"

Chicago resident Michael Burke said he believes the president-elect will "divide the country and stir up hatred." He added there was a constitutional duty not to accept that outcome.

A similar protest in Manhattan drew about 1,000 people. Outside Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in midtown, police installed barricades to keep the demonstrators at bay.

Hundreds of protesters gathered near Philadelphia's City Hall despite chilly, wet weather. Participants — who included both supporters of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who lost to Clinton in the primary — expressed anger at both Republicans and Democrats over the election's outcome.

In Boston, thousands of anti-Trump protesters streamed through downtown, chanting "Trump's a racist" and carrying signs that said "Impeach Trump" and "Abolish Electoral College." Clinton appears to be on pace to win the popular vote, despite losing the electoral count that decides the presidential race.

The protesters gathered on Boston Common before marching toward the Massachusetts Statehouse, with beefed-up security including extra police officers.

Protests flared at universities in California and Connecticut, while several hundred people marched in San Francisco and others gathered outside City Hall in Los Angeles. And they spread south to Richmond, Virginia, and to middle American cities like Kansas City and Omaha, Nebraska.

Hundreds of University of Texas students spilled out of classrooms to march through downtown Austin. They marched along streets near the Texas Capitol, then briefly blocked a crowded traffic bridge.

Marchers protesting Trump's election as president chanted and carried signs in front of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Media outlets broadcast video Wednesday night showing a peaceful crowd in front of the new downtown hotel. Many chanted "No racist USA, no Trump, no KKK."

Another group stood outside the White House. They held candles, listened to speeches and sang songs.

Earlier Wednesday, protesters at American University burned U.S. flags on campus.

In Oregon, dozens of people blocked traffic in downtown Portland, burned American flags and forced a delay for trains on two light-rail lines. Earlier, the protest in downtown drew several Trump supporters, who taunted the demonstrators with signs. A lone Trump supporter was chased across Pioneer Courthouse Square and hit in the back with a skateboard before others intervened.

The only major violence was reported in Oakland, California, during a protest that began shortly before midnight and lasted into early Wednesday morning.

Some demonstrators set garbage bins on fire, broke windows and sprayed graffiti at five businesses in the downtown area, police said. No arrests were made.

Another protest began Wednesday evening downtown, with several hundred chanting, sign-waving people gathering in Frank Ogawa Plaza.

In San Francisco, hundreds are marching along Market Avenue, one of the city's main avenues, to join a vigil in the Castro District, a predominantly gay neighborhood.

Many held anti-Trump and Black Lives Matter signs and chanted slogans, including "Misogyny has to go," and "The people united, will never be defeated."

At Evergreen State College south of Seattle, scores of students walked out of classes Wednesday to gather with anti-Trump signs.

Back in New York, several groups of protesters caused massive gridlock as police mobilized to contain them under a light rain.

They held signs that read "Trump Makes America Hate" and chanted "hey, hey, ho, ho Donald Trump has got to go." and "Impeach Trump." </s> Thousands of people protested across the United States on Wednesday over Republican Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the U.S. 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.”

Protesters railed against Trump’s marquee campaign pledge to build a wall along the border with Mexico to keep out undocumented immigrants and other policies perceived as affecting people of color.

“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 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.”

Earlier this month, after a Ku Klux Klan newspaper declared its support for Trump, his campaign rejected the support and said that “Mr. Trump and his campaign denounces hate in any form.”

Organizers 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.

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.

Chanting in Spanish, “The people united will never be defeated,” the group held signs with slogans such as “Not Supporting Racism, Not My President” and “Immigrants Make America Great.”

Many of those students were members of the “Dreamers” generation, children whose parents entered the United States with them illegally, school officials said, and who fear deportation under a Trump administration.

“A child should not live in fear that they will be deported,” said Stephanie Hipolito, one of the student organizers of the walkout. She said her parents are U.S. citizens.

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 in response to Trump’s political upset.

Demonstrators smashed storefront windows and set garbage and tires ablaze late Tuesday in downtown Oakland, California. A few miles away, students at the University of California, Berkeley protested on campus.
Anti-Trump protests continue across the United States and abroad.