LAPD chief, mayor warn against taking anti-Trump protests to L.A. freeways

Thousands of people flooded the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday night, chanting, carrying signs and at one point, burning a papier-mache head of Donald Trump on the steps of City Hall, as they denounced the election of the nation’s next president.

The demonstrations stretched coast to coast, from outside Trump’s iconic tower in New York to high schools in California. In Los Angeles, however, Wednesday’s protest culminated in a place that has recently become a hallmark of civil disobedience in the city.