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Protestors walk on Frenchmen Street during the No Kings Day of Action protest in the Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans, Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune) Several thousand protesters flooded the streets of downtown New Orleans on Saturday to demonstrate against what organizers called President Donald Trump's "authoritarianism, billionaire-first politics, and the militarization of democracy." The No Kings Day of Action protest was part of a series of demonstrations in cities across the nation, including Covington, Baton Rouge and Lafayette, scheduled to coincide with an elaborate military parade organized... Army's 250th anniversary. Saturday is also Flag Day and the president's 79th birthday.

As the parade started rolling shortly after 10 a.m., Monique Motil stood near the Marigny line-up spot amid throngs of colorfully garbed demonstrators dressed as a flag-draped statue of liberty, a metaphor for the... Protestors walk through the Marigny neighborhood during the No Kings Day of Action protest in New Orleans, Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune) Thousands of demonstrators — at least 6,500, organizers estimated — marched through New Orleans on Saturday as part of “No Kings Day,” a coordinated nationwide protest against authoritarianism and political overreach. While brass bands played, protestors carried handmade signs, chanted slogans, and voiced concern about threats to civil rights, the rule of law, and democratic norms. Because of the recent lawsuit over the longtime bubble machine in the French Quarter, some protestors also blew bubbles, as a sign of New Orleans-style rebellion.

The so-called day of defiance was a response to President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and took place after widespread protests took over parts of Los Angeles, prompting Trump to send federal troops there without... Organizers framed the event as a rejection of that sort of imperialism, of billionaire-first politics, and the increasing militarization of public life. (The Center Square) − Thousands of New Orleans demonstrators paraded from the corner of Mandeville and Decatur near the French Quarter to Washington Square Park in opposition to President Donald Trump's crackdown on immigration. New Orleans was one of more than 2,000 U.S. cities where protesters gathered on Saturday in opposition to Trump's deportations of noncitizens in the U.S. illegally.

The protests were dubbed "No Kings." The Center Square observed no violent or otherwise destructive conduct from protesters. Signs held by protesters compared the Trump administration to the German Nazi Party, a "circus" and a "disease." Protesters chanted "No Trump, No KKK, No Racist USA," "F*** Donald Trump," and "86 47," a... In restaurant and bar lingo, to "86" something means to cancel it or remove it from the menu. “Immigrations and Customs Enforcement think nothing of taking people off the street,” Mark Ellis, a California native, told The Center Square. To stream WWL TV on your phone, you need the WWL TV app.

Example video title will go here for this video Example video title will go here for this video NEW ORLEANS — Thousands gathered on the Lafitte Greenway in New Orleans for Saturday's "No Kings" Rally. Organizers called it a nonviolent protest rejecting what they called authoritarianism, billionaire-first politics and the militarization of democracy. Protestors walk through the Marigny neighborhood during the ‘No Kings’ protest in New Orleans, Saturday, June 14, 2025. Ed.

Note: This story has been updated with the names of additional groups who participated in the protest. Thousands of people rallied in New Orleans on Saturday morning for the nationwide “No Kings” demonstrations against President Donald Trump’s authoritarian regime. Scores of demonstrators, many in costume, gathered near Mandeville and Decatur streets at 10 a.m., waving handmade signs and chanting various slogans. Among their top concerns are Trump’s anti-immigrant policies, restrictions on reproductive and LGBTQ rights and his administration’s suppression of scientific and medical research.

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