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In New York According to the police, 50 people were arrested during protests of several hundred people. The demonstration also took place in Portland, Atlanta, Detroit, Oakland, Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston Y Phoenix. The AP news agency reported on thousands of protesters.
At most rallies, participants called for vote counting to continue in states that were still open. Other groups, however, advocate that no more ballots be counted.
Demo for full count
In Portland In the state of Oregon, police said they had arrested 10 protesters and confiscated weapons-grade material. Police on Wednesday night (local time) warned on the online service Twitter of “widespread violence” and riots and asked people to avoid the city center.
Several left-wing and anti-capitalist groups had previously demonstrated peacefully in a city center park with music and lectures. Another group of protesters said they wanted to protect the election results and waved banners reading “Every vote counts.”
According to the police, the protesters threw bottles and other objects at the emergency services and smashed the shop windows. A man was suspected of having thrown a Molotov cocktail. Police confiscated several weapons, including a loaded rifle, knife, hammer, and fireworks.
Hundreds of police officers and national guards were on duty. The governor of the US state of Oregon, Kate Brown, extended the previously declared state of emergency for election night.
Trump Supporters vs. Fox News
Across from the voting center in Maricopa County with its administrative headquarters at PhoenixMeanwhile, Donald Trump fans have gathered in Arizona, where important votes are still being counted.
They use chants to revile their headquarters and judicial station, Fox News, because the station was one of the first to feature Joe Biden in Arizona early on election night. “Fox News sucks,” scream Trump fans. Some openly carry weapons as allowed by desert state law. The race there could still be exciting and at least in this state it could end in Trump’s favor. The count is now carried out under police protection.
Also in Detroit, Michigan, Trump supporters called outside the polling stations to stop the counts. At the same time, hundreds of people protested in the city for a total vote count. On Wednesday night, the media unanimously reported that Biden had won the state.
Biden is still six voters short, Trump 56
After Tuesday’s US presidential election, there is still no winner. President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden are in a close race toe-to-toe. According to the AP news agency, Trump has 214 voters and at least 270 are required for an electoral victory.
The Democratic candidate, Joe Biden, has 264 voters. It could win the election with another state if Arizona, contrary to Fox News estimates, does not join Trump.
The result is still open in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada. In all four states, opponents run a head-to-head race.
Even before the elections, there were fears that violence would escalate in some parts of the country. Liberal Portland in the northwestern United States has been the scene of protests against racism and police violence for months. The counts took place there under camera surveillance.
