Protests break out but no signs of major unrest

SCATTERED protests took place from Washington DC to Washington state in the hours after polls clo closed in the US elec elections, but there were no no signs of widespread unr unrest or violence.

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Bla Black Lives Matter Plaza on on Tuesday night, a block fro from the White House, wh while hundreds more ma marched through the city cen centre, blocking traffic and and setting off fireworks.

P Protesters shouted “W “Whose streets? Our stre streets!” and “If we don’t get get no justice, they don’t get get no peace!”

G Groups of teenagers dan danced in the street as onl onlookers cheered. Large ban banners, including one rea reading “Trump lies all the the time”, were unfurled.

A At one point, the ma marchers stabbed the tyre tyres of a parked police van van to flatten them.

Hundreds of people marched in anti-trump demonstrations in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, with several arrested.

“This is what democracy looks like,” protesters chanted in Portland, where organisers said the demonstration would be peaceful and that regardless of the presidential election result, they would continue protesting in support of racial justice.

The sheriff’s office said some protesters were openly carrying guns.

Oregon governor

Kate Brown had put the National Guard on standby since

Portland has seen almost nightly protests since the death of George Floyd under a Minneapolis police officer’s knee in May.

Portland mayor Ted Wheeler said on Twitter that there would be “no tolerance for any violence, intimidation or criminal destruction”, and that people should be “safe while using their voice to advocate for their perspective”.

In Seattle, police said they had arrested several people, including someone who put nails in a road and another who drove over a barricade.