Trump hits the media as protesters go violent

Donald Trump, president-elect of the United States, says the media is responsible for the demonstrations against his election.

“Just had a very open and successful presidential election. Now professional protesters, incited by the media, are protesting. Very unfair!” he wrote on Twitter.

Just had a very open and successful presidential election. Now professional protesters, incited by the media, are protesting. Very unfair!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 11, 2016

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Anti-Trump protesters have been on the streets since Wednesday when he was declared winner of the election.

Chanting ‘Not My President! Not My President!’, some of them have been throwing objects at law enforcement agents who are trying to calm the situation.

The police in Portland said some of the aggrieved persons damaged cars in a dealership lot, while some sprayed graffiti on cars and buildings and smashed store front windows.

Dozens in Minneapolis marched onto Interstate 94, blocking traffic in both directions for at least an hour as police stood by. A smaller band of demonstrators briefly halted traffic on a busy Los Angeles freeway before police cleared them off.

Baltimore police reported about 600 people marched through the downtown Inner Harbor area, with some blocking roadways by sitting in the street.

In Denver, a crowd that media estimated to number about 3,000 gathered on the grounds of the Colorado state capitol and marched through downtown. Hundreds demonstrated through Dallas.

On the East Coast, protests took place in Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York, while on the West Coast demonstrators rallied in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Oakland in California, and Portland, Oregon.

The Portland police arrested a handful of protesters and used pepper spray and rubber bullets in an attempt to disperse the crowd.

Among the demands of the protesters is the review of the electoral law. But for the Electoral College votes, Hillary Clinton, who won the popular votes, would have defeated Trump.