“Racist, sexist, anti-gay, Donald Trump go away,” chanted thousands of people marching from Union Square to Trump Tower in protest of his presidency Wednesday night.
“My pussy, my choice,” shouted a group of women. “Her pussy, her choice,” rebutted a group of men.
Those were just a couple of the chants that followed the sea of protesters to Trump Towers.
Protesters began their march at Union Square around 6:30 p.m. The constantly-growing group walked up Broadway and eventually made their way to Sixth Avenue. Onlookers snapped pictures and videos on their cellphones in disbelief of the movement. Countless employees rushed out of stores and restaurants to voice their support of the movement, cheering proudly.
NYPD officers lined the crowds as protesters swarmed the streets. A policeman wearing a Strategic Response Group Jacket carried a large speaker that played a pre-recorded message announcing “Get off the road and utilize the sidewalk. If you do so voluntarily no charges will be disorderly conduct.”
The large crowd halted traffic as it continued uptown. One man opened his door to block protesters from marching by his car, but many honked their horns in support or stuck their hands out for high fives.
A flurry of photographers weaved in and out of protesters waving flags and flashing their homemade signs to crowds. Even as rain began to trickle and seep through paper and cardboard signs, the protest continued to push calmly yet forcefully toward Trump Tower.
One man wearing a red “Make America Great Again” smirked as he attempted to go against the crowd.
“Hey-hey! Ho-ho! Donald Trump has got to go!”
Sydney is a current Junior studying Journalism & Design at Eugene Lang and the Co-Editor-In-Chief of The New School Free Press. She spends a questionable amount of time responding to emails, remembering coffee orders for her various internships, producing films & frolicking around the Lower East Side where she’s living her New York dream of occupying a bedroom with a brick wall.
