• ncj.trump_.protest.eureka.dsc_1202
    Christian Sudweeks and Paige Sinicrope, right, hold candles along with other demonstrators at the Gazebo. The duo said they were coming together to be with people and that it was important to be here.
  • ncj.trump_.protest.eureka.dsc_1222
    Demonstrators march up Fifth Street toward the courthouse.
  • ncj.trump_.protest.eureka.dsc_1278a
    Ernesto Najera initially did not want to give his name. The Humboldt State University student said he was a 22-year-old Mexican from Los Angeles.
  • ncj.trump_.protest.eureka.dsc_1286a
    Ashley Storms is a wildlife and studio arts major at HSU, who told the crowd of demonstrators about an incident the day after the election. Storms said that while walking to her car to retrieve a notebook, she noticed two white men looking at her. As she continued walking one of the men allegedly said, “There’s one nigger I could grab by the pussy.” Storms said, “We have come too far for people like me to be this afraid.”
  • ncj.trump_.protest.eureka.dsc_1305
    Approximately 200 people gathered at the Gazebo in Eureka’s Old Town Thursday night to demonstrate against President-Elect Trump.
  • ncj.trump_.protest.eureka.dsc_1332a
    Demonstrators left the Gazebo headed for the Humboldt County Courthouse.
  • ncj.trump_.protest.eureka.dsc_1410
    Demonstrators rally on the steps of the courthouse. Sarah Harmon, holding the Love Trumps Hate sign said she had come out because she works at Planned Parenthood and was concerned for the community she serves.
  • ncj.trump_.protest.eureka.dsc_1475
    Victoria, who didn’t want to give her last name, shook her fist in the air during chants from the crowd of “love trumps hate.”
  • ncj.trump_.protest.eureka.dsc_1481
    Protesters hold a variety of signs.
  • ncj.trump_.protest.eureka.dsc_1570
    Patrick Baumgartner, center, and several other demonstrators temporarily blocked Fifth Street in front of the courthouse.
  • ncj.trump_.protest.eureka.dsc_1619
    Officers with the Eureka Police Department pleaded with demonstrators to get out of the street after several close calls with vehicles.
  • ncj.trump_.protest.eureka.dsc_1660
    Demonstrators march west on Fifth Street, headed back to the Gazebo as a motorist holds up a hand for high fives.
  • ncj.trump_.protest.eureka.dsc_1668
    Some demonstrators held sparklers.
  • ncj.trump_.protest.eureka.dsc_1489
    Jessica Oliver, center, came to an anti-Trump demonstration to help get the word out and to show love and support saying that everyone has a voice.
  • ncj.trump_.protest.eureka.dsc_1689
    Demonstrators march though the intersection of Fourth and E streets.
  • ncj.trump_.protest.eureka.dsc_1707
    Patrick Baumgartner spoke to the crowd after its return to the Gazebo.
  • ncj.trump_.protest.eureka.dsc_1761
    Chris LeRoy and two other counter demonstrators arrived at the Gazebo with America flags and heated words were exchanged between the two groups.
  • ncj.trump_.protest.eureka.dsc_1778
    Chris LeRoy, who said he voted for Trump because of taxes and the economy, held an American flag over his shoulders while debating with people from the protest.
  • ncj.trump_.protest.eureka.dsc_1788
    President-elect Donald Trump supporter Chris LeRoy, right, explains his position to anti-Trump demonstrator Leon Stewart. LeRoy came to the Gazebo to counter protest a demonstration against Trump. Stewart, an HSU student, said after their encounter that, “it makes me cry as a grown man the way this country is going.”