Students march on SF’s Market Street to protest Trump election
Students march on SF’s Market Street to protest Trump election
Hundreds of students from at least ten San Francisco public schools walked out of classes Thursday morning and clogged Market Street to protest the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States.
Chanting “Not my president!” the students left schools around the city, including Mission and Washington High Schools, and congregated on the steps of San Francisco City Hall before marching down Market Street to the Ferry Building, blocking traffic in both directions.
Just after noon, several hundred students marched on Van Ness Avenue, disrupting traffic, while a small group headed in the direction of the Golden Gate Bridge.
The impromptu protests, hastily arranged on social media, came a day after thousands of high school students in Berkeley, Oakland and at other East Bay schools walked out of classes to express their outrage over Trump’s election.
Myong Leigh, the interim superintendent of the San Francisco Unified School District, said students from 10 schools were participating in the demonstration.