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Embracing the Black Experience Darleen Ortega reviews the film ‘Moonlight’ QR code for Portland Observer Online See Opinionated Judge, page 2 A Shot at Broadway August Wilson monologue competition opens See story, page 11 ‘City of Roses’ Volume XLV Number 46 www.portlandobserver.com Wednesday • November 16, 2016 Established in 1970 Committed to Cultural Diversity photo by A lex M ilAn t rAcy /Ap Portland police make an arrest after a protest against Donald Trump and his win in the presidential election against Hillary Clinton turns into a riot. by Rattled Trump Turmoil erupts on Portland’s streets after election by M ichAel l eighton p ortlAnd o bserver e ditor Thousands of people stunned by Donald Trump’s win in the presidential election set off on a week of daily protests in Portland that were mostly peaceful but also tinged with some of the largest and most destruc- tive protests against Trump in the country. Hillary Clinton won Oregon, but suffered a staggering and unexpected defeat nation- ally. “Trump is going to be president, so we need to prepare for that,” Greg McKelvey of the group Portland’s Resistance, said Monday. McKelvey, a black community activist, law student and member of Don’t Shoot PDX, is the leader of the newly formed Portland’s Resistance group, a coalition of civil and human rights activists who have sponsored many of the protests. He called the group part of a movement “born as a direct response to the election of a racist, homophobic, misogynistic, ego- maniacal and dangerously reactive presi- dent.” On Monday, the sixth straight day of demonstrations in Portland since the Nov. 8 election, saw hundreds of students take a day off from school to gather in the rain to protest in front of Portland City Hall before moving across the east side of the city via the Hawthorne Bridge as officers stopped traffic. c ontinued on p Age 5