{"id":24705,"date":"2016-11-12T10:38:36","date_gmt":"2016-11-12T18:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=24705"},"modified":"2016-11-12T10:38:36","modified_gmt":"2016-11-12T18:38:36","slug":"atop-an-anti-trump-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/12\/atop-an-anti-trump-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"Atop an Anti Trump Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I had heard the sounds of demonstrators throughout the city.  As I was dozing off to sleep, I was awakened by loud demonstration sounds, and they were almost under me.  I could see the demonstrators from my window.  Several chants rang out.  "Hands up! Don’t shoot!"  "Black Lives Matter!"  "My body!  My Choice!"  "I’m Queer!  I’m Here!"  "Pussy grabs back!" "Not My President!"  The leaders shouted into megaphones that violence and vandalism would not be tolerated.  Police loudspeakers ordered the demonstrators to disperse.  Instead, they sat down.  Then things got ugly.<\/font><\/p>\n

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A third consecutive day of anti-Trump demonstrations turned violent Thursday night, as protesters began with a rush-hour march and chanting but eventually damaged cars at a dealership and rampaged through the Pearl District shattering business windows into Friday morning.<\/p>\n

Police declared the demonstration a "riot" more than three hours after its 5 p.m. start, citing "extensive criminal and dangerous behavior." The bureau said it warned the crowd about the designation, then tweeted that rioting is a class C felony. It later tweeted that 26 were arrested in the demonstration, which lasted into early Friday morning.<\/p>\n

Officers in riot gear on numerous occasions used flash-bang grenades and fired rubber pepper ball spheres at the crowd after it refused repeated demands to disperse. Police report officers were "taking projectiles;" protesters were seen throwing objects toward officers, and some fired fireworks in their direction. <\/p>\n

The officers didn’t move in until after a small fraction of the thousands of protesters became destructive. <\/p>\n

Police tweeted<\/a> that many demonstrators were "trying to get anarchist groups to stop destroying property" and that "anarchists" were refusing to do so. Demonstrators at many points chanted "peaceful protest."<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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