Headline Roundup • November 10th, 2016
Protests Over Trump Victory
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For many Americans across the country, Donald Trump's victory is an outcome they simply refuse to accept.
"Not my president," protesters chanted in rallies coast to coast.
Tens of thousands filled the streets in at least 25 US cities overnight -- with demonstrations outside Trump's properties.
While most protesters were peaceful, dozens were arrested. At least three officers were wounded. And about 40 fires were set in one California city.
Here's a snapshot of the rallies across the nation:
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.
With tens of thousands of people taking to the streets to protest Donald Trump’s presidential election victory, questions are swirling about whether the anger is as organic as advertised.
From coast to coast, demonstrators are burning flags and effigies of the president-elect while declaring that they refuse to accept Trump’s victory. But observers online are claiming that, in some cases, protesters were bused to the scenes - a telltale sign of coordination.
“Anti-Trump protestors in Austin today are not as organic as they seem,” one local in the Texas capitol...
