11 000 Attend No Kings Protests Across Dfw Police Say

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-Dec 30, 2025, 10:22 PM

11 000 attend no kings protests across dfw police say

To stream WFAA on your phone, you need the WFAA app. Example video title will go here for this video Example video title will go here for this video DALLAS — Protestors gathered in cities across North Texas and across the country for "No Kings" demonstrations Saturday to express frustration about the direction of the country under President Donald Trump. Thousands, including an estimated 10,000 in Dallas alone, took part in "No Kings" demonstrations in North Texas earlier this summer, which were organized to coincide with a military parade in Washington for the 250th... Thousands more took part in events in cities across the country.

Despite afternoon rain, thousands took to the streets of North Texas for protests against the Trump administration on Saturday. NORTH TEXAS - Despite afternoon rain, thousands took to the streets of North Texas for protests against the Trump administration on Saturday. People brought signs and marched at the "No Kings" protests. Across the country, large crowds gathered in over 2,500 cities in protest against President Donald Trump. It was no different here in the Metroplex, as thousands took to the streets for the "No Kings" protests. Updated on: June 15, 2025 / 12:11 AM CDT / CBS Texas

Thousands of people across North Texas braved the hot and humid weather Saturday for more than a dozen anti-Trump "No Kings" protests. Around 1:15 p.m. Saturday, thousands of protesters gathered at City Hall Plaza in Dallas and began marching through the streets of downtown. In the hours leading up to the march, speakers took turns denouncing President Trump's agenda to a crowd of cheering supporters. In Downtown Fort Worth, demonstrators gathered at Burk Burnett Park, which is near the federal courthouse. In Denton, "No Kings" protesters marched around the historic county courthouse on Denton Square, holding signs, dancing at times, and drawing supportive honks from passing cars.

The crowd included people of all ages and backgrounds, united in their opposition to the policies of the Trump administration. To the chants of "We are the people, we are the power," a "No Kings" protest opposing Trump administration policies and recent immigration raids kicked off Saturday in Dallas as a helicopter circled overhead. Within about 30 minutes, the crowd had swelled to about 1,000 people. Later in the day, it appeared that number had grown substantially. A Dallas police spokesman estimated the number at 10,000. No Kings protests were scheduled on Saturday throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area, also in Fort Worth, Denton, Arlington, Frisco, McKinney, Flower Mound, Greeneville, Weatherford, Euless and Burleson.

Protesters marched into downtown Dallas from city hall. The march passed along several blocks of Main Street before the participants headed back to the plaza outside Dallas City Hall. The plaza was jam-packed with protesters even before the official start time at noon. Protesters chanted anti-trump slogans and waves hundreds of homemade signs. Observers with the National Lawyers Guild were present to respond to violations or civil rights, but the demonstration appeared to be free of any significant confrontations. A few protesters openly carried handguns, but that barely attracted notice.

The topic Saturday was serious: A mass protest against a litany of Trump administration policies, including immigration and the “Big Beautiful Budget” bill. But that didn’t stop the protestors who descended on downtown Dallas from exuding joy, too, from the bubbles that floated through the plaza at City Hall or the line dancing that broke out. Before the march, a handful of speakers rallied the crowd, including comedian Paula Poundstone and civil rights attorney (and D Magazine contributor) Bill Holston. The latter asked those gathered a series of questions beginning with “Is it OK with you…” He spoke of the case of Andry Hernandez Romero, a gay asylum seeker from Venezuela that was sent... Alex Padilla (D-California) handcuffed and thrown to the ground during an immigration briefing held by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem this week. “Is it OK with you that Congress is passing—or trying to pass—a budget that defunds Medicaid for the benefit of billionaires?” he concluded.

“No!” the crowd responded. “Thank you for your answers, because it’s important for us to establish what is going on in this country,” he said. Dallas police spokesperson Corbin Rubinson said that the department estimated 10,000 people were marching at the event’s peak. (To compare, it is estimated that between 3,000 and 7,000 attended the 2016 Women’s March, and about 4,000 attended the 2018 March for Our Lives.) Saturday was also hot, with the high temperature hitting... A medic tent had a steady stream of people seeking shade and water, and Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesperson Jason Evans said the department treated five people for heat-related illnesses and took two to the hospital. Police said the Dallas protest was orderly and without violence, and officials throughout North Texas reported similar protests were also peaceful.

This was despite the concerns that prompted Gov. Greg Abbott to deploy the Texas National Guard and Department of Public Safety troopers to various parts of the state ahead of the protests. In Austin, the Capitol grounds were temporarily cleared after officials received what they said was a “credible threat” to lawmakers planning to attend the protest there. It followed the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses Saturday morning, killing state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark. Millions of protesters are expected to gather in cities across America on Saturday to denounce the Trump administration’s immigration policies and executive actions.

Activists are planning peaceful “No Kings” demonstrations across the country on Saturday to coincide with Trump's planned military parade in Washington, D.C. and to protest federal immigration enforcement raids. Keep up with the latest protests and demonstrations in North Texas in our live blog. While many demonstrations held before Saturday have been peaceful, with marchers chanting slogans and carrying signs, others have led to clashes with police who have sometimes used chemical irritants to disperse crowds. Hundreds have been arrested. Volatile protests against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency prompted city officials in Los Angeles and Spokane to enforce curfews.

Republican governors in Texas and Missouri mobilized National Guard troops to prepare for assisting law enforcement in managing demonstrations in those states, aiming to prevent them from getting out of hand. There were no reports of violence or arrests at the rallies Activists and advocacy groups staged a second round of "No Kings" protests across the country on Saturday in response to what they call abuse of power by President Donald Trump and his administration, including... Photos and videos of events from Boston to Los Angeles showed huge crowds of demonstrators carrying signs protesting the administration's policies such as mass deportations. Republicans contended the protests were "hate America" rallies and claimed they're prolonging the federal government shutdown. There were no immediate reports of violent incidents or arrests, according to local police departments.

Thousands of North Texans on Saturday filled courthouse squares and parks, marched on downtown streets or held up signs along sweltering highways as part of the nationwide “No Kings” rallies in protest of Trump... On a day of celebration in Washington for the Army’s 250th birthday, including the largest military parade in the nation’s capital since 1991, the No Kings demonstrations were billed as peaceful displays of dissent... The “no kings” theme accused the president of acting like a tyrant, on what happens to also be Trump’s birthday. Many who attended the roughly 2,000 protests in all 50 states — including Fort Worth, Arlington and Dallas — were motivated by the government’s immigration crackdown, raids and deportations. The Fort Worth protest filled Burk Burnett Park in downtown for more than three hours with boisterous chants of “this is what democracy looks like” and T-shirts slogans like “Mexicans make America great.” Across North Texas, the visible presence of police was minimal, as were the number of counter-protesters.

While some demonstrators were treated for heat-related illness, there were no immediate reports of injuries, violence or arrests by late afternoon. More than 1,300 people in Arlington lined Abram Street outside the Tarrant County Subcourthouse with signs and chants like “immigrants are welcome here” and “justice now.” And in Dallas, an estimated 10,000 marched through...

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