USA: Protesters vandalise Portland stores in anti-Trump demo

Violence broke out an anti-Trump protest in Portland on Thursday, when dozens of demonstrators smashed windows in the Pearl district of the city. The largely peaceful protest was organised against the President-elect Donald Trump, two days after his victory in the US presidential election.
Portland police announced that the protest had turned into a "riot," citing that the protesters were exhibiting "extensive criminal and dangerous behavior," in a tweet published on Thursday evening. Later in the day, President-elect Trump tweeted a condemnation of the demonstration and others like it, stating: "Now professional protesters, incited by the media, are protesting. Very unfair!" There have been numerous large-scale demonstrations against the President-elect in US cities, including in Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington DC and Seattle as well as Portland.
Trump declared victory in the early hours of Wednesday morning, after his Democrat rival Hillary Clinton called him to concede defeat following a bitterly fought election battle. Trump beat Clinton in a surprise landslide victory, garnering 278 of the Electoral College votes, while the Democratic candidate received only 218 in a race she was expected to win.