No Kings Protests Draw Crowds In Cities Across U S

Bonisiwe Shabane

-Dec 27, 2025, 12:02 PM

no kings protests draw crowds in cities across u s

Updated on: June 15, 2025 / 7:55 PM EDT / CBS/AP Demonstrators crowded into streets, parks and plazas across the U.S. on Saturday to protest President Trump, marching through downtowns and blaring anti-authoritarian chants mixed with support for protecting democracy and immigrant rights. Organizers of the "No Kings" demonstrations said millions had marched in hundreds of events. Governors across the U.S. had urged calm and vowed no tolerance for violence, while some mobilized the National Guard ahead of marchers gathering.

Confrontations were isolated. But one person was transported to a Salt Lake City hospital Saturday night with life-threatening injuries after a shooting during that city's protest, officials said. Salt Lake City police said the shooting was "possibly associated with the demonstration." Huge, boisterous crowds marched in New York, Denver, Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles, some behind "no kings" banners. Across the United States on Sunday, from Boise to Baltimore and San Diego to St. Louis, scores of people showed up to challenge President Trump and his administration as part of the "No Kings" protests.

Many Americans took to the streets yesterday in protest against the policies of President Trump. It was the second wave of massive demonstrations organized by No Kings, a network of progressive groups opposed to the White House's agenda. Organizers say there were 2,600 registered events on Saturday, covering every state in the union. NPR's Martin Kaste has this wrap-up of the day. MARTIN KASTE, BYLINE: The chant of, no kings, could be heard in parks and plazas across the country, from Columbia, South Carolina... UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTERS: (Chanting) No kings.

No kings. KASTE: ...To Seattle, Washington, where a huge crowd gathered under the Space Needle to the old-timey sound of rebellious grunge music. Americans turned out en masse in communities across the country Saturday, raucously pushing back on what they see as President Donald Trump’s widening authoritarianism, attacks on immigrants and deep cuts to scores of federal... NEW YORK - Americans all across the country, from large cities to small towns, took to the streets Saturday to make their voices heard, and to reject President Donald Trump and his policies. More than 2,700 rallies were planned in all 50 states as demonstrators marched to make clear that there are no kings in America. The protests come as Trump has deployed National Guard troops and immigration agents to cities including Chicago and Washington, D.C.

Organizers for the event said that nearly 7 million Americans around the country attended ― two million more than the first “No Kings” protest in June. “With more than 2,700 lawful and peaceful protests across all 50 states, today’s mobilization was 14 times larger than both of President Trump’s presidential inaugurations combined, marking a historic moment of unity and resistance,”... “From rural communities to major metropolitan centers, the message was clear: America will not be ruled by fear, force, or one man’s power grab.” Thousands of demonstrators showed up in New York City’s Times Square and at the National Mall in Washington. There were more than 300,000 demonstrators in New York City alone, organizers said. Marc Levy, Associated Press Marc Levy, Associated Press

Claudia Lauer, Associated Press Claudia Lauer, Associated Press Jim Vertuno, Associated Press Jim Vertuno, Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Masses of demonstrators packed into streets, parks and plazas across the U.S. on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump, marching through downtowns and small towns, blaring anti-authoritarian chants mixed with support for protecting democracy and immigrant rights. Organizers of the “No Kings” demonstrations said millions had marched in hundreds of events. Governors across the U.S.

had urged calm and vowed no tolerance for violence, while some mobilized the National Guard ahead of marchers gathering. This story has been updated to include new estimates of protest crowd size. Demonstrators filled the streets of U.S. cities and towns in coordinated "No Kings" events, billed as a "national day of peaceful protest," in the largest outpouring of opposition to Trump's policies since he returned to power in January. The mostly calm marches, organized under the theme that no individual is above the law, coincided with the day President Donald Trump hosted a military parade on the streets of the nation's capital. At least one demonstration, about 70 miles from Washington, D.C., in Northern Virginia, was met with violence when a man intentionally drove an SUV through a crowd of departing protesters, striking at least one...

Police in Los Angeles hit protesters with batons, fired tear gas and ordered a large crowd in downtown to disperse; authorities said they were responding to people throwing "rocks, bricks, bottles," and "fireworks" at... Activists in some areas braved wet weather to raise signs and chant slogans. supporting the rights of immigrants and criticizing what they view as a power grab by the Trump administration. Protesting the direction of the country under President Donald Trump, people gathered Saturday in the nation’s capital and communities across the U.S. for “ No Kings ” demonstrations that the president’s Republican Party disparaged as “Hate America” rallies. (AP video by Mike Pesoli)

Several hundred people, mostly American expatriates, gathered in Paris and Madrid on Saturday in support of the ‘No King’ day movement that is expected to draw large crowds in the U.S. against President Donald Trump’s policies. (AP video by Alexander Turnbull and Iain Sullivan) People are signing a giant Constitution as they take part in a “No Kings” protest Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Crowds gather to listen to Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., during a No Kings protest, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert) Demonstrators wearing inflatable bald eagle costumes gather in Kiener Plaza during the “No Kings” protest in St. Louis, with the Gateway Arch in the background, on Saturday, Oct.

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