Election protesters took to the streets and parks in more than a dozen cities Saturday, with more than 2,000 people marching from Union Square in Manhattan to Trump Tower, home of President-elect Donald Trump and where he was meeting with his transition team at the time.

More protests against Trump have been planned and organised on Facebook for the coming days throughout the country in places such as Kentucky, Michigan, Las Vegas and Seattle.

The demonstrators in New York City on Saturday afternoon carried signs bearing such slogans as “Black lives matter” and “Not my president”. After a divisive campaign, protesters have said they fear a Trump presidency will erode Americans’ civil rights and trigger unrest.

About 6,000 protesters marched in Los Angeles on Saturday, police said.

Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said Saturday that if Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton had won the election and Trump supporters were protesting against her, “everyone’s hair would be on fire.”

Conway called on President Barack Obama and Clinton to urge protesters to give the president-elect and his administration a chance.

Since protests began Wednesday, heavy trucks loaded with sand have been parked near the entrance to the Trump Tower apartments as a security measure. Police have kept demonstrators at least a block away from the building.

Early Saturday, protests turned violent in the West Coast city of Portland, Oregon. Hundreds of protesters marched late Friday through the streets of Portand, disrupting traffic and spray-painting graffiti.

•Excerpted from a VOA report. Photo shows anti-Trump protesters.

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