In Indianapolis during protests against the election of President of the United States Republican Donald trump on Saturday, November 12, two police officers received minor injuries. This writes the Indy Star.
Against trump spoke, in particular, the protesters against police brutality against blacks, immigrants, the LGBT community. The slogan of the demonstration was “Love trumps hate” (Love trumps hate, the word trump in this case is to beat them in a card game).
The protest started peacefully, but after a while the police used pepper gas against some demonstrators, what exactly was the reason for this is unclear.
The evening at the state Capitol, a crowd of 500 people. The participants sang songs and made speeches denouncing trump. Then the protesters marched through the city centre. After a while the crowd broke up into several small groups. Police blocked traffic in the center of the action.
The rally was supposed to end at 20:00, however, people continued to go. At this time, the police began to call on the demonstrators to leave the streets, and after 15 minutes clashed with law enforcement officials.
People, the police responded with angry shouts and slogans “black Lives matter” and “Hands up, don’t shoot”, which use protesting against undue use of weapons by police against blacks. Half an hour later the crowd began to disperse.
During the protests, was detained seven people, three of whom are not residents of the city.
Trump’s victory on elections caused a wave of discontent among Americans. Thousands of residents of Atlanta, Miami, new York, San Francisco, Portland (Oregon), and Philadelphia for several days to arrange protest demonstration.
Presidential elections were held on 8 November. The Republican candidate won, gaining 290 electoral votes, while the required minimum is 270. His rival from the Democratic party, Hillary Clinton only got 228 votes.