Students Angry With The Election Continue To Make Their Voices Heard

EAST LA (CBSLA.com) — Marianna Ponce is a student at East LA College who took part in a walk out  to protest against the campaign promises made President-Elect Donald Trump.

"My goal is to be heard," Ponce said.

About 200 people took part in a nearly six-mile march from the Monterey Park campus to LA's City Hall. They were escorted by police officers who were keeping guard of freeway ramps to make sure nobody jumped into traffic.

On Wednesday we saw something we don't often see at these types of protests.

A police officer shaking hands with demonstrators after the two sides worked with one another to make sure laws weren't broken while constitutional rights were protected.

"I thought it was amazing for her to come up to us and tell us, we're here with you," Ponce said. "It shows not all police are bad and we can unite as one."

There were less Anti-Trump signs this time and instead the focus was on pushing back against Trump's rhetoric to deport undocumented immigrants and prevent Muslims from entering
the country.

Hundreds of students at UCLA walked out of classes while students at USC  say they may not like the president-elect but they'd rather put their energy elsewhere.

"We're trying to take more legal action, trying to get the electoral college to changed to something legal instead of  just denying he's our president," Moises Cortez said.

USC students have started a campaign to turn their campus into a safe haven for undocumented immigrants. Students at East L.A. College say they will follow suit.