Report reaching us says,thousands of people across the US have taken part in protests against President Donald Trump and white supremacists who incited a bloody demonstration in Charlottesville, Virginia.
for his role in giving rise of hate groups and failing to promptly condemn the recent terrorist attack by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Thousands of anti-Trump protesters shouted "Shame!, Shame! Shame" and "No KKK, No Fascist USA, No Trump!" on Monday as they awaited the president to arrive at Trump Tower in New York City.
They also carried placards with anti-Trump slogans as they lined up across the street from Trump Tower and the nearby blocks on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue.
Trump's motorcade arrived at the tower shortly after 9 pm local time from a direction that bypassed the demonstrators, the first time he returned to the skyscraper that served as his main residence and office before he became president.
Three people were arrested and charged with reckless engagement, obstructing government administration, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest, said Hubert Reyes, a spokesman for the New York City Police Department (NYPD).
The protests come two days after clashes broke out Saturday in Charlottesville, between white supremacists and counter-protester at the site of the "Unite the Right" event.
Heather Heyer, 32, was killed and some 20 others were injured when a 20-year-old Nazi sympathizer identified as James Alex Fields Jr plowed his car into the crowd taking part in a counter-protest.
About 100 protesters also gathered to denounce Trump and racism in the city of Maumee, a suburb of Toledo, Ohio, where Fields Jr was living before his arrest.
"The hatred has just been growing and these groups are crawling out of the sewer now," Michael Bates, a Toledo resident and Vietnam War veteran, told CNN.
After taking a mild stance, Trump finally bowed to overwhelming pressure on Monday and condemned the white supremacists that incited the bloody demonstration in Charlottville.
“Racism is evil,” said Trump, delivering a statement from the White House at a hastily arranged appearance meant to halt the growing political threat posed by the unrest.
“And those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans.”
Critics say that Trump’s divisive rhetoric and policies against immigrants and minorities before and after his election has emboldened far-right groups and promoted hate crimes across the country.
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