There were protests in both major and smaller cities throughout the U.S. on Friday, for the third consecutive night after President-elect Donald Trump’s victory.

As the fourth night of protests over the election of Donald Trump roiled the city of Portland, marchers and anarchists blocked streets, forced freeways to close and interrupted bridge traffic.

Around 8:40 p.m., ODOT closed the northbound I-5 at the Marquam Bridge, the southbound I-5 at the Fremont Bridge and I-84 at the I-5 junction. Later, police tweeted they were working with ODOT and officials at the Moda Center to help with traffic leaving the Blazers game.

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Thousands of protesters were seen in various spots throughout the city, as the protest grew from a small but peaceful gathering at City Hall that began around 5 p.m.

Police repeatedly used a bullhorn to tell the protesters they were “participating in an unlawful protest,” and had been seen committing “vandalism and assault.” If they didn’t move, the police said, the protesters were “subject to use of force” and “arrest and prosecution. Move now!”

Instead, the protesters stayed and took cell-phone videos.

Despite the police orders, the protesters moved onto SW 3rd and walked against traffic, creating chaos, traffic delays and confusion. Police blocked them from getting on the Burnside Bridge as they headed toward Old Town.

Hundreds of people took to the streets in Atlanta Friday night to protest President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, CBS affiliate WGCL reports.

Police officers have allowed the protesters to march, simply following behind to make sure they remain peaceful.

Protesters tried to get on the interstate, but authorities have prevented that from happening.

Protesters could be heard shouting a lot of anti-Donald Trump messages, including, “Not My President.”

Evening marches disrupted traffic in Miami while organizers said people gathered on Boston Common in what was billed as a rally for peace and love.



Earlier, hundreds of people attended another “love rally” in Washington Square Park in Manhattan.

Leslie Holmes, 65, a website developer from Wilton, Connecticut, took an hour-long train ride to the demonstration - her first protest since the 1970s, when she hit the streets of San Francisco to oppose the Vietnam War.

She described herself as an armchair liberal but declared, “I’m not going to be armchair anymore.”

“I don’t want to live in a country where my friends aren’t included, and my friends are fearful, and my children are going to grow up in a world that’s frightening, and my granddaughters can look forward to being excluded from jobs and politics and fulfilling their potential, so I’m here for them,” she said.

More than 200 people, carrying signs gathered on the steps of the Washington state Capitol. The group chanted “not my president” and “no Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA.”

In Tennessee, Vanderbilt University students sang civil rights songs and marched through campus across a Nashville street, temporarily blocking traffic. A protest also occurred in Minneapolis.

More than 100 protesters in Kansas City, Missouri, are decrying president-elect Donald Trump.

As temperatures dipped into the 40s, the demonstrators gathered Friday night outside Kansas City’s landmark Union Station and planned to march to City Hall in the latest protest over Republican mogul’s victory.

Clutching a placard reading “Not My President,” 67-year-old Kansas high school teacher David Young says he objects to what he perceived to be Trump’s intolerance toward Hispanics and other demographic groups during his campaign.

Young, a French and Spanish instructor from Shawnee, Kansas, says “Trump’s message of hate has to be stopped,” and “it goes against everything we’re trying to teach.”

Previous demonstrations since Tuesday’s election drew thousands in New York, Los Angeles and other large urban centers. Some involved sporadic vandalism, violence and street-blocking.

In Chicago, multiple groups planned protests through Saturday.

Nadia Gavino, 25, learned about the rallies on Twitter and protested Thursday evening. Gavino, whose father is from Peru and whose mother is of Mexican and Lithuanian heritage, said she took Trump’s harshest statements about immigrants and Latinos personally.

“I obviously agree that he’s racist, he’s sexist, he’s phobic, he’s misogynistic. He’s all these things you don’t want in a leader,” she said.

Ashley Lynne Nagel, 27, said she joined a Thursday night demonstration in Denver.

“I have a leader I fear for the first time in my life,” said Nagel, a Bernie Sanders supporter who voted for Hillary Clinton.

“It’s not that we’re sore losers,” she said. “It’s that we are genuinely upset, angry, terrified that a platform based off of racism, xenophobia and homophobia has become so powerful and now has complete control of our representation.”

Demonstrations also were planned Saturday in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and other areas.

Protesters gathered at Miami’s Bayfront Park Friday night in a demonstration, CBS Miami reports.

Several hundred people showed up with signs, voicing their disagreement over Trump’s stunning victory. Police followed along, making sure to keep the peace and prevent drivers on the road from clashing with the crowd.

The protest marked dozens of others across the country, including students at the University of Miami who also gathered to hold a demonstration earlier in the day.

Video from Chopper 4 showed a largely peaceful protest.

Students told CBS Miami they felt their message was more effectively delivered by being peaceful.

“I definitely think this is the approach to go,” said Miguel Hernandez. “It’s not good to fight fire with fire, hate with hate, so the approach we’re taking is fighting hate with love and I think that’s the best thing to do just to show that everyone is accepted and just to show that love can really go a long way, a very far way.”

Miami’s protest is expected to last until 10 p.m., according to a post on social media.

A group of about 250 students from Minneapolis’ South High School peacefully made their way from South High School to downtown Friday afternoon. They ultimately gathered in a park near U.S. Bank Stadium at around 3:30 p.m., CBS Minnesota reports.

About a half an hour later, the group started marching south on Portland Avenue. After heading west on 9th Street, protesters turned to Nicollet Mall where they entered the U.S. Bankcorp Center.

The group continued marching downtown and headed into the U.S. Bank Plaza, across from the Hennepin County Government Center.

Upset protesters were met with police in cities across the country. Officers in Portland, Oregon confronted thousands of protesters in what police called a “riot” and arrested more than two dozen people.

Police in riot gear fired rubber bullets to try and break up the crowd. They declared it a riot after people began vandalizing cars and businesses. Some protesters launched fireworks at the police.

On Thursday, police in Portland officially declared the protests as “riots,” citing “extensive criminal and dangerous behavior.” CBS affiliate KOIN estimated there were around 4,000 protesters Thursday.

In New York on Wednesday, an estimated 7,000 people protested in front of Trump’s home at Trump Tower.