The protesters marched to the Trump Towers to protest
About 100 nude protesters have defied the odds to march against US President-elect, Donald Trump.
According to Gothamist, the 100 semi-nude protesters gathered at Union Square on Saturday to voice their opposition to Donald Trump's proposed future policies and long track record of racism and misogyny.
The protesters painted fake wounds and scars on their bodies to represent the harm that many marginalized groups will face under a Trump administration.
Protesters marched up Broadway towards Trump Tower along the sidewalk, escorted by an NYPD officer, chanting "My body my choice," and "Not my president."
By the time the group reached a pre-designated protest site at 56th Street and Fifth Avenue, the protest had dwindled to three or four dozen people, but they attracted a large crowd of onlookers who stopped to watch the protest unfold.
From the protest pen, the activists chanted "Don't just watch us, join us" at the many tourists and passersby who were near Trump Tower. Many took photos and expressed their support, but a few Trump supporters heckled the protesters from across the street. The protesters responded by chanting "Bigots go home" at the small group of hecklers, who they presumed to be tourists.
"It's scary to see people against protesters and see the hatred for this," 20-year-old protester Mesa Melton said. "But it's even scarier to think about where they got these ideas and who's telling them to think that way."
"We need to use our voice and our rights to speak out against this," she said. "It gets scarier every day. The more people he floats for appointments and the closer we get to inauguration day, the scarier it gets. I'm terrified for other people who have more at stake than I do and whose rights can be taken away at any moment. We're taking a huge step backwards."
Across Fifth Avenue, a New York resident and his two small children had their own pro-Trump counter protest. Calvin Hunt, a 55-year-old Harlem resident, stood on the west side of Fifth Avenue between 56th and 57th Streets with a sign that read "Trump is our president." His son stood next to him, holding a sign that said "Hillary for PRISON 2016" and wearing a Make America Great Again hat.
Hunt, who is black, said Trump was the only candidate who was really invested in the black community. "He goes into the communities where there's despair," he said. "The black community looks like a third world country, and the Democrats don't do anything about it."
As he spoke, passersby, none of whom were black, thanked him; "Amen, brother," one yelled. Hunt was later joined by a 73-year-old man, Marvin Knight, whose sign had a very different message: "Arrest treasonous Trump."
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