Americans protesting Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election have continued to cause disturbances on the streets.<\/p>\n
Thousands gathered in cities across America including New York, Dallas and San Francisco to voice opposition to Trump\u2019s election.<\/p>\n
In Portland, Oregon, police publicly declared a “riot” due to “extensive criminal and dangerous behavior” and called the protest “unlawful” in tweets on the police department’s Twitter page.<\/p>\n
“After several orders to disperse, police have used less lethal munitions to effect arrests and move the crowd,” another tweet added.<\/p>\n
Police tweeted that projectiles had been thrown at officers, and cars had been damaged.<\/p>\n
In Los Angeles crowds halted traffic and were mostly peaceful, but some vandalized property with graffiti, hurled bottles and launched fireworks.<\/p>\n
A number of arrests were\u00a0made sometime after 1 a.m., mostly for vandalism or disobedience of a lawful order, according to Sgt. Jack Richter, an LAPD spokesman.<\/p>\n
Richter said officers have noticed a \u201csignificant amount\u201d of graffiti on downtown buildings and will have \u201czero tolerance\u201d for anyone who remained in the downtown area after officers gave dispersal orders to various crowds of protesters.<\/p>\n
In Oakland, about 100 protesters poured onto the eastbound lanes of the Interstate 580 at 9:30 p.m. and blocked\u00a0traffic, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Marc Johnston.<\/p>\n
In Colorado, anti-Trump protesters managed to shut down Interstate 25 near downtown Denver<\/p>\n
Donald Trump said on Twitter “Just had a very open and successful presidential election. Now professional protesters, incited by the media, are protesting. Very unfair!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"