Donald Trump effigies and American flags burned as thousands fill streets of US cities in angry protests as celebs demand ‘revolution’ over vote
Flags, cop cars and Trump dolls were set alight as America exploded into fiery rage
VIOLENT protests spread across the US yesterday as outrage boiled over at Donald Trump’s shock win.
Furious demonstrators hung effigies of the President-elect and burned the American flag.
Armed cops fought running battles with rioters and arrested more than 100 after balaclava-wearing gangs lobbed Molotov cocktails, threw bottles and smashed up police cars.
Rioters held banners threatening to kill Mr Trump, as others warned of a war with casualties on both sides.
A string of Democrat-backing celebrities including Katy Perry and Ariana Grande called for a “revolution” after Hillary Clinton lost.
Lady Gaga tweeted: “The chaos in USA is result of Trump’s irresponsible campaigning. He is not a role model, look at this mess he created.”
Comic Sarah Silverman posted she “hasn’t cried this hard since my mom’s funeral”.
Brit singer Adele also wept over Mr Trump’s win at a concert in Houston, Texas.
Referring to his “Make America great again” slogan, she told fans: “America, you’re already f***** great.”
In New York, stars such as Cher and Madonna joined a protest march on Trump Tower.
Thousands massed in front of the skyscraper in the 70-year-old tycoon’s home city, chanting: “Donald Trump, go away! Sexist, racist, anti-gay!”
Believe singer Cher, 70, who has ripped into the billionaire following his win, told protesters they needed to “fight”.
The crowd, which stretched for several blocks down Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, burned the American flag.
The NYPD confirmed 65 people had been arrested, mostly for disorderly conduct or resisting arrest.
Many on marches in 25 cities across the US feared immigrants would be deported by Mr Trump.
A protester torches a Trump effigy in Oakland as protests erupted throughout America
One Hispanic protester in LA, who gave her name as Lily, said: “If we don’t fight, who is going to fight for us? People had to die for your freedom where we are at today.
“There will be casualties on both sides because people have to die to make a change in this world.”
Mrs Clinton, 69, won the popular vote, securing more than her rival across the country, but he beat her in enough states to be elected under the country’s Electoral College system.
The knife-edge election has torn the country in half.
In Oakland, California, cops said protesters numbered more than 7,000 and there was widespread vandalism.
Officers repeatedly fired tear gas after they faced a barrage of bottles and Molotov cocktails.
Three police cars were wrecked and cops reported offences of vandalism, graffiti and looting.
Around 40 street fires were put out and 30 people arrested.
An office block was also daubed with “f*** Trump” and “kill Trump” then set alight.
In LA, thousands of protesters burned a giant Trump head in front of City Hall while others sprayed graffiti on buildings and cars.
Hundreds more blocked two busy highways, backing up traffic for miles.
Chicago cops estimated 1,800 people carrying rainbow flags and placards with the slogan Time to Revolt were on the streets. They made five arrests.
And in Washington DC, hundreds gathered outside the White House for a candle-lit vigil before marching on the new Trump International Hotel a few blocks away.
Students at a nearby college campus of American University burned US flags and chanted “f*** white America”.
University of Texas students led a march through the city.
Austin City Council member Greg Casar, son of Mexican immigrants, said he would be willing to go to jail in order to protest at the result.
He said: “A lot of people are calling for healing. I think we should reject that. If I have to go to jail for protesting, I’ll go to jail.”
Police said 2,000 had marched in Portland, Oregon, and 700 in Philadelphia where Mr Trump upset the odds to beat Mrs Clinton.
Another 4,000 took to the streets in Boston, Massachusetts.
Chicago police closed roads in the area, blocking the their path.
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Last night celebs continued to line up to knock Mr Trump.
Rapper Snoop Dogg posted: “Worse day in America 9/11, 2nd worst day in America 11/9.”
Brit singer Lily Allen tweeted: “Canada needs to think about building a wall.”
Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, creator of US show The West Wing, claimed the Ku Klux Klan won the election as Mr Trump was backed by the racist KKK before Tuesday’s vote.
Sorkin, 55, wrote: “We’ve embarrassed ourselves in front of our children and the world.”
He said: “Three years from now we’ll fight like hell for our candidate and we’ll win and they’ll lose and this time they’ll lose for good.
“The battle isn’t over, it’s just begun.”
Earlier this month, after a Ku Klux Klan newspaper declared its support for Trump, his campaign rejected the support and said that "Mr Trump and his campaign denounces hate in any form."
Organisers also planned rallies in New York, Boston, Detroit, Philadelphia.
In Austin, the Texas capital, about 400 people staged a march through the city's streets, police said.
Earlier in the day, some 1,500 California students and teachers rallied in the courtyard of Berkeley High School before marching toward the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.
Hundreds of high school and college students walked out in protest in Seattle, Phoenix, Los Angeles and three other cities in the Bay Area, Richmond, El Cerrito and Oakland.
A predominantly Latino group of about 300 high school students walked out of classes on Wednesday morning in Los Angeles and marched to the steps of City Hall, where they held a brief but boisterous rally.
Chanting in Spanish "The people united will never be defeated," the group held signs with slogans such as "Not Supporting Racism, Not My President" and "Immigrants Make America Great."
Many of those students were members of the ";Dreamers" generation, children whose parents entered the United States with them illegally, school officials said, and who fear deportation under a Trump administration.
"A child should not live in fear that they will be deported," said Stephanie Hipolito, one of the student organizers of the walkout. She said her parents are U.S. citizens.
