Why did tens of thousands of people protest in New York?

At around 9 p.m. Eastern Time on August 14th, local time, when President Trump arrived in Lower Manhattan on a private plane and drove back to his home in Trump Tower in Midtown, what was waiting for him was A protest march involving tens of thousands of people has been going on downstairs for more than four hours.

At 5:30 pm, at the intersection of 5th Avenue and 55th Street in Manhattan, New York, near Trump Tower, tens of thousands of citizens gathered here, shouting the protest slogan "Welcome immigrants! No hatred and fear." !” “The Klan is not welcome here!” “Donald Trump goes away!” “We need a leader, not the chilling Twitter troll!” ! Against the Ku Klux Klan! Against fascism!”

The slogans they held focused on anti-racial discrimination. "Oppose white supremacy!" "No! We refuse to accept a fascist America!" A huge Nazi symbol was marked with a red prohibition sign, and Trump's head was also painted with a Hitler-style mustache. Some people simply held up a sign: Please (President) step down!

The purpose of this demonstration was to protest the "resurgence" of white supremacy spurred by Trump's racist tendencies. Last Saturday, white supremacists who held a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, violently clashed with counter-protesters. A man drove his car into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing one person and injuring 19 others. Another car was at the scene. A surveillance police helicopter crashed, killing two police officers on board.

In view of the tragedy caused by this violent conflict, the protest march in New York on the evening of the 14th was strictly controlled and monitored by the New York police. The demonstrators were separated into four blocks at the intersection and were not allowed to move around at will. They could only shout and demonstrate in place. Several blocks along the way were also filled with police cars on duty, and 5th Avenue was filled with heavily armed police.