Protesters at Golden Gate Bridge link arms to send Trump message

Thousands of protesters, many clad in purple, linked arms from one end of the Golden Gate Bridge to the other on Friday to oppose the inauguration of a president soundly rejected by California voters. [...] many people were gathering on the east sidewalk of the bridge that authorities announced that, for reasons of safety, they would allow only 3,000 to stand on the bridge itself. Called “Bridge Together Golden Gate,” the event was described as the first-ever linking of arms on the bridge. Organizers said it was a “performance piece” but participants said it was a good old-fashioned protest. Shortly after 11 a.m., the crowd began holding hands in small clusters while organizers tried to persuade them to, instead, start walking north and form a single line all the way across the bridge. Volunteers with megaphones urged the crowd at the south end of the bridge to “keep sliding down” toward the north end.