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UW-Madison students and local residents cause homecoming parade to pause at State Street and Lake Street. They demanded community control over police and an end to white supremacy. They later chanted “not my president” in opposition to president-elect Donald Trump.
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Protesters then stopped traffic at Park Street and Johnson Street.
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A woman stopped in traffic in front of the protest raises her fist in solidarity.
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Protesters respond to a student shouting down at them from their dorm room window, where they displayed a Trump campaign sign. They chant “knuck if you buck.”
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