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Anti-Trump Protests in Baltimore and Richmond

Don Rush

BALTIMORE (AP) - Hundreds of protesters displeased with Donald Trump's election as president have marched through Baltimore to the stadium where the Ravens were playing a football game.

Protesters marched downtown to the Inner Harbor and then to the M&T Bank Stadium, where the Ravens were hosting the Cleveland Browns for Thursday Night Football.

The protest brought traffic to a standstill but was otherwise peaceful.

The Baltimore Police Department says in statement that the protest attracted a crowd of roughly 600 people. The statement says two people were detained by police but no one has been charged.

Richmond

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Authorities say at least 12 people were arrested as hundreds marched through Richmond to protest the election of Donald Trump.

Hundreds of people gathered Wednesday night, blocking streets near Virginia Commonwealth University. Online video showed marchers chanting "No Trump. No KKK. No fascist USA" and carrying banners reading "Not my president."

Virginia State Police say troopers were called to the Downtown Expressway, where protesters sat in travel lanes and many refused to leave. Around midnight, troopers arrested 10 people and charged them with unlawful assembly and being pedestrians on an interstate.

The Richmond Police Department says it arrested two people who face the same charges.

Police say three statues of Confederate leaders along the city's Monument Avenue were vandalized, and the Republican Party of Virginia says protesters vandalized its headquarters.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.