tens of thousands of people around the country took to the streets saturday to protest the election of donald trump, the fourth straight day of demonstrations against the republican president-elect. in new york, an estimated 25,000 people covered a 20-block stretch of fifth avenue outside trump tower, the 58-story skyscraper fortified by the new york police department and u.s. secret service agents. capital journal is wsj.com<u+2019>s home for politics, policy and national security news. two people were arrested, both for trying to hop over a police barricade, a senior police official said. the charges against the two people weren<u+2019>t immediately clear. demonstrators have converged on trump tower daily since mr. trump was elected tuesday. saturday<u+2019>s protest was the largest to date but also orderly, compared with earlier protests, the police official said. on wednesday, police arrested 65 people, almost all for not following orders to stay out of the street. in los angeles, about 8,000 people swarmed into the city<u+2019>s downtown in one of the largest anti-trump gatherings on the west coast. throngs of people<u+2014>including many families and children<u+2014>filled wilshire boulevard, a major city thoroughfare, for a slow planned march downtown. the protesters held signs with slogans that have become familiar in the past few days: <u+201c>not my president<u+201d> and <u+201c>reject hate.<u+201d> some demonstrators wore safety pins<u+2014>a gesture that has become a global symbol to the marginalized that they are <u+201c>safe<u+201d> with the person wearing the pin. los angeles police said sunday four people were arrested for vandalism and one for <u+201c>battery on a police officer<u+201d> late saturday night. by then, most protesters had gone home. the <u+201c>vast majority of angelenos proved to the world you can speak your mind in a safe and respectful way,<u+201d> an la police department statement said sunday. protesters also gathered in oakland, calif., on saturday night, but the crowd was significantly smaller than in the days immediately after the election, when hundreds of people rallied there. <u+201c>as someone that can<u+2019>t vote, this is the most that i can do,<u+201d> said 17-year-old bridey caramango, who has attended three protests since the election. over the past few days, some demonstrators here left graffiti, broken windows, and burned trash bins in their tracks. ms. caramango denounced the protesters that come out for <u+201c>the wrong reasons.<u+201d> ms. caramango<u+2019>s friend, chloe smith, 17, said attending this protest is a way for her to cope with the result of the election. <u+201c>it feels empowering after feeling powerless,<u+201d> ms. smith said. <u+201c>protests don<u+2019>t accomplish anything, but at least it shows all the upset that<u+2019>s been created.<u+201d> late saturday night, a small group of trump supporters gathered around the president-elect<u+2019>s star on hollywood boulevard<u+2019>s walk of fame. the group, surrounded by american flags, attracted crowds of tv cameras and onlookers along the busy tourist strip. mr. trump<u+2019>s supporters called for unity, and one asked people to <u+201c>give him a chance<u+201d> to govern. mr. trump<u+2019>s star had been vandalized before the election when someone tried to pry it out of the sidewalk. protests began around the country just hours after mr. trump<u+2019>s election and have continued every night since, in some cases snarling transit and resulting in hundreds of arrests . though the largest protests have occurred in blue-state metropolises such as l.a., new york, oakland and chicago, there have been smaller demonstrations in red-state cities, including dallas, phoenix and atlanta. demonstrations also took place internationally. about 300 people protested mr. trump<u+2019>s election outside the u.s. embassy near the landmark brandenburg gate in berlin. in mexico city, a group gathered at the city<u+2019>s independence monument, expressing concern about a possible wave of deportations. schoolteacher armando osorio said mexico isn<u+2019>t prepared to receive a large number of deported migrants. he said the structural and labor conditions don<u+2019>t exist. for the most part, the protests in the u.s. have been peaceful. but violence has flared in some cities as protesters confronted police, smashed windows and vandalized property. during a protest in portland, ore., early saturday morning, a man was shot and injured after a confrontation with a driver . police said they arrested two teens in connection with the shooting, but the motive for the shooting is unclear. portland police are also asking for the public<u+2019>s help identifying protesters photographed smashing vehicles during the friday night protest. police tear-gassed the crowds after burning projectiles were thrown. at a saturday afternoon press conference, portland mayor charlie hales asked residents to stay home instead of protesting and said the movement had been taken over by <u+201c>people who simply want to fight with police.<u+201d> mr. hales listed a number of organizations that support liberal causes<u+2014>such as the american civil liberties union, the sierra club and human rights campaign<u+2014>and urged citizens upset with the election results to volunteer. <u+201c>it<u+2019>s time to get to work on the future that we want. that is difficult work,<u+201d> said mr. hales, a democrat. despite the pleas from city leaders to refrain from violent protests, dozens marched in portland again saturday night. police said protesters threw bottles at officers and attacked a film crew. by 11 p.m. local time, police had arrested 19 protesters. train service was disrupted again, and some streets were blocked. police declared an unlawful assembly, ordering protesters out of the streets after <u+201c>violent behavior,<u+201d> according to police statements on twitter. police also used diversion devices known as <u+201c>flash bangs<u+201d> to control crowds as they made arrests late saturday. at the new york protest, alex lalire, a 26-year-old architect from jersey city, n.j., who said he voted for hillary clinton, said he was distressed by the election<u+2019>s outcome but felt more positive after participating in saturday<u+2019>s march. <u+201c>it felt like everybody had something that had to get off their chests,<u+201d> he said. <u+201c>i certainly feel better.<u+201d> brooklyn comic-book artist david gaddis, 43, carried a sign saying <u+201c>sauron will fall,<u+201d> a <u+201c>lord of the rings<u+201d> reference he said was meant to equate mr. trump to the villain in the fantasy series, who lived in a tower. mr. gaddis, who voted for mrs. clinton, said he strongly disagrees with mr. trump<u+2019>s stance on immigration. <u+201c>it<u+2019>s just an open effort to pit parts of our country against each other,<u+201d> he said. <u+201c>we can<u+2019>t allow it to become normalized. i think we<u+2019>ve never been in greater danger as a country.<u+201d> others present praised mr. trump. samuel drazin, a 24-year-old student of jewish theology from lakewood, n.j., said he voted for mr. trump because he considers him to be a successful businessman. <u+201c>he<u+2019>s a little bit loud, he likes to make a little noise,<u+201d> he said. <u+201c>trusting him with the country over hillary, it<u+2019>s not a question.<u+201d> kyle diaz, an 18-year-old recent high school graduate from brooklyn, wore a make america great again hat and said he hopes mr. trump puts <u+201c>traitors<u+201d> like mrs. clinton and her campaign manager john podesta in prison. mr. diaz said he is an <u+201c>entho-nationalist,<u+201d> but not racist. <u+201c>they have to assimilate into our nation, our country,<u+201d> he said, referring to immigrants. <u+201c>not come here and just be unproductive.<u+201d> write to pervaiz shallwani at pervaiz.shallwani@wsj.com and kate king at kate.king@wsj.com
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