PORTLAND, Ore. — Protests arose across the nation because the poll tabulation within the ultimate battleground states continued, with some demonstr
PORTLAND, Ore. — Protests arose across the nation because the poll tabulation within the ultimate battleground states continued, with some demonstrators demanding that each vote be counted and others insisting that the counting be shut down.
In Portland, the place a “Depend Each Vote” demonstration merged with one other one centered on racial justice and police brutality, some individuals broke away from the group and smashed storefront home windows within the downtown space. The police labeled the incidents a riot and swarmed in.
In Minneapolis, a whole lot of protesters blocked Interstate 94 and the police made arrests, with demonstrators taking to social media to say that the officers had “kettled,” or trapped them there, to stop them from dispersing.
Protests additionally cropped up in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and different cities. Some protesters known as for all votes to be counted, however in different places their agenda was not solely clear. Generally individuals on the identical aspect of the election pursued opposing targets.
In Detroit, a pro-Trump demonstration known as for a halt to vote counting — echoing the president’s unfounded declare that illegally forged ballots have been being tallied to flip the race to his opponent, Joseph R. Biden Jr.
However in Maricopa County, Ariz., the place Mr. Trump trails Mr. Biden, the president’s supporters took the alternative tack. They gathered outdoors the elections workplace and chanted, “Depend these votes!”