Anti-Trump protests get violent and involve Secret Service - but one city does the unthinkable

After Republican Donald Trump was announced the next U.S. President, protests and violent riots broke out across the country - but one city's protesters went above and beyond to revolt in the most unexpected way.

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LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Reports of citizens shooting fireworks at police, lighting cars on fire, anti-Trump graffiti and more violent riots keep streaming in.

For many, Donald Trump is a symbol of hatred and intolerance. Citizens refuse to allow his presidency to take place without a fight.

"Not my President," protesters chanted. "Not today."

Ahmed Kanna, an organizer for Social Alternative Berkeley told CNN, "People are furious, not just at the results of the election, but the rhetoric of Donald Trump."

Over 6,000 people took to the streets of Oakland, California and began a peaceful march down a cop-lined street but things quickly escalated when a small group began throwing bottles at officers and lit a police car.

An office block was set alight and buildings wore fresh graffiti reading "F*** Trump" and "Kill Trump."

In New York, at least thirty were arrested after holding two demonstrations in Columbus Circle at Trump Tower and up to 7,500 demonstrators chanted "Black Lives Matter" and "Donald Trump, go away, racist, sexist, anti-gay."

A candlelit vigil outside the White House was held against Trump's election and everything remained peaceful but others in D.C. became violent, resulting in at least one person being pulled away by the Secret Service.

Twitter videos and pictures revealed smoky streets as officers were forced to toss tear gas at protesters, fires and arrests.

One group even hung a Trump pińata by its neck and held signs to protest his inauguration in January.

As the riots grew worse, one group of passive-aggressive commuters in Manhattan chose to fight in an entirely different way:

With Post-it notes.

Matthew Chavez, a 28-year-old bartender and part-time artists hailing from Brooklyn, and who prefers to be called "Levee," began a small movement called "subway therapy."

It began in a subway underpass on 14th Street in June and he offered Post-its so people could vent their frustrations in a creative way.

Not many participated in subway therapy until November 9, when Trump was declared the winner.

Levee gave out 1,500 Post-its, resulting in an underpass covered in ping, yellow and green notes.

Some messages were kind, reading: "Stay positive, positive things will happen," while others were more sobering, such as, "I feel like love lost. I want to make it win again. How do we fix this?"

The peaceful subway therapy also included more aggressive notes but none that paralleled the riots or physical violence outside.

Levee told the Epoch Times: "It's been a very stressful couple of days and I thought people should have an opportunity to express themselves and maybe feel a little bit less stressed."

He also spoke to ABC7, saying: "Today is kind of a special edition because of the frustrations and stress it seems like people will have. So I brought the Post-its and I thought it'd be interesting to see everyone's thoughts up on the wall. It's been really beautiful."

Levee also offered a bit of advice to those struggling to cope with Trumps win: Look to the future and move forward.

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