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No Kings Anti Trump Protests Draw Thousands In North Texas Fort

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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. Hundreds turned out in Denton and Fort Worth for ‘No Kings’ protests showing support for protecting democracy and immigrant rights.

Protests continued across North Texas in Denton and Fort Worth Saturday morning. Upwards of 1,000 people gathered in both cities, joining others pushing back against a perceived overstep of presidential power. In Denton’s Downtown Square, the scene looked much like other cities and towns across the United States; separated by municipalities but united by common beliefs. “If you look around this square, Black, white, brown, Hispanic, gays, straight, Christian, non-Christian, that is what our country what it is,” said protester Julian Carter. Create a free account with NBC 5 DFW to save articles and videos. Updated on: October 19, 2025 / 3:06 PM CDT / CBS Texas

Despite a rainy afternoon, thousands of North Texans showed up for Saturday's "No Kings" protests, which have grown into a movement across the country. More than 2,000 rallies were held nationwide, including more than a dozen in North Texas. "Good spirits out here, good energy, and just people who care about what's going on," said Lakisha Bibins. "It tells you that this topic is important, you know, anti-immigration, divisiveness, human rights," said Maurico Cornejo. 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...

Storms over downtown Fort Worth were on and off Saturday, but shouts of No Kings protesters were steady throughout the afternoon. The event’s organizers estimated a crowd of 6,500 congregated in Burk Burnett Park, where chants competed with wind and, at times, drumming rain to protest President Donald Trump’s perceived authoritarianism and pushing of the... “Impeach Trump,” “Abolish ICE” and “Save Democracy” were common messages on signs. Although national issues sparked this second wave of No Kings protests in over 2,500 cities across the country, Fort Worth speakers called upon attendees to fight MAGA culture locally and work to turn Tarrant... “The community we have here feels great because we’re all here for the same fight,” said progressive activist Chris Tackett, who called for the crowd to show up to elections as well as City... “We gotta make sure we are carrying the fight out of here and making a movement out of this moment right here.”

Crowds in Fort Worth and Arlington will join over 2,500 rallies across the country for a No Kings protest Oct. 18, protesting the perceived authoritarianism of the Trump Administration. Fort Worth’s crowd will gather in Burk Burnett Park, and Arlington’s will meet outside the Arlington Sub Courthouse. Both events will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. In June, police estimated about 2,000 people attended the protest in Fort Worth, and over 1,000 people attended Arlington’s.

Both stayed peaceful. Organizers are coordinating with the police department to avoid potential violence, said Sabrina Ball, an organizer for the event. Several progressive activist groups are organizing the Fort Worth protest, including Indivisible TX-12, which Ball, a house district coordinator for the Tarrant County Democratic Party, helped form in January after President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Indivisible is a nationwide network of progressive activist groups that started following Trump’s 2016 election to mobilize action against the administration and the Republican Party. The organization is a primary planner of the No Kings protests. 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. 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.

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