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No Kings Protests Return To South Florida Cities Oct 18 Miami Herald

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no kings protests return to south florida cities oct 18 miami herald

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government will be gathering again to protest in cities across the country. About 2,500 "No Kings" protests are expected to happen Saturday, Oct. 18, according to the "No Kings" website, including nearly 90 in Florida. In the last "No Kings" protest, held on June 14 to coincide with Trump's birthday and a military parade for the Army's 250th birthday, more than 2,100 protests were held, organizers said, with more... But things might be different this time. The Trump administration has been taking a harder line against protests in recent weeks, attempting to deploy the National Guard to Democrat-controlled cities to protect U.S.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials and fight against what the president has called, without evidence, record levels of crime and violent political unrest. Trump also designated antifa, a loosely organized ideological movement without a leadership structure, as a terrorist organization, an act critics said was a pretext to crack down on anyone who speaks out against him. Protests are planned in cities across the country to challenge Trump’s immigration policies. Here’s what you need to know. Protesters are expected to gather Saturday in thousands of places around the U.S., including in South Florida, in opposition to what some are characterizing as increasingly authoritarian practices by President Donald Trump. It's the second "No Kings" protest and third mass movement against the administration this year, and it comes amid an intensifying conflict between federal law enforcement and protesters nationwide.

Some conservative politicians have condemned the protests as “Hate America" rallies, while others say that it represents a “patriotic” fight for First Amendment rights. Here is what to expect on Saturday in South Florida. Salsa dancing, Bad Bunny songs, billowing flags and chanting protesters took over the streets around the Torch of Friendship monument during Saturday's "No Kings" protest in downtown Miami. Protesting the direction of the country under President Donald Trump, and what organizers call his authoritarian policies, millions of people gathered in communities across the U.S. for the third “No Kings” demonstrations. According to organizers, it was the biggest protest yet, with almost 7 million people attending more than 2,700 rallies in cities large and small, including the nation's capital, organized by hundreds of coalition partners.

In South Florida, more than a dozen protests were planned from Key West to Palm Beach Gardens. At Miami's Bayfront park, organizers led hundreds of protesters with chants in English and Spanish and played local classics, like Conga by Miami Sound Machine. In the crowd, there were numerous Trump impersonators, protesters in full body inflatable costumes and a dancing Captain America. Photos by Michele Eve Sandberg/micheleevephoto More than 2,100 protests are planned across the country this Saturday for another reiteration of “No Kings Day,” a series of protests against President Donald Trump and his administration. On June 14, Flag Day and Trump’s 79th birthday, protesters gathered in cities around the country in response to the president’s multimillion-dollar military parade in Washington, D.C.

The demonstrations were part of a nationwide day of defiance to “reject authoritarianism.” Demonstrators will take to the city streets once again on October 18 in all 50 states, including multiple cities in Florida, as part of “No Kings Day of Peaceful Action.” Organizers say people are... The protests follow Trump sending National Guard troops to Chicago and Portland amid demonstrations outside U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities. Trump claims the troops are needed to bring order to rampant crime in blue cities; his administration has even floated the idea of invoking the Insurrection Act to use military force in Democratic-run cities... In a nationwide stance against President Donald Trump, millions of protestors rallied across thousands of “No Kings” protest sites across the country in mid-June — including in South Florida’s major cities.

Now, the “No Kings” protests are making a return to Miami, Fort Lauderdale and a few new South Florida cities as over 2,500 nationwide protests are planned to take place on Oct. 18. The first massive “No Kings” movement was spurred in opposition to Trump’s military parade in Washington, D.C., which commemorated the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday and Flag Day. The newest string of protest actions still holds the anti-Trump sentiment, with organizers making clear they stand against the president’s “authoritarian power grab.” “Together, millions will send a clear and unmistakable message: we are a nation of equals, and our country will not be ruled by fear or force,” organizers said in a statement.

On June 14, more than 70 official rallies unfolded across Florida, including Miami, Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale and the Florida Keys. Thousands of protesters lined the sidewalks from Miami to West Palm Beach Saturday, chanting “dump Trump,” wearing inflatable animal costumes and singing the national anthem as part of the second wave of anti-Trump, “No... Like the previous round of “No Kings” protests in June, the theme of the demonstrations was democracy. Participants echoed concerns raised over the summer, including the administration’s widespread immigration crackdown, economic inequality and infringements on due process. But many said their unease had deepened in the last few months, with several pointing to the deployment of the military to Democrat-led cities, ramped up deportations, and what they saw as a weaponization... “I just think it’s building momentum, his cruelty, his bad decisions, his anti-democracy ideology,” said Stephen Dubin, 73, who attended a Boca Raton protest with his 12-year-old granddaughter and her friend.

“It’s just getting worse and worse.” Saturday’s demonstrations unfolded across multiple parts of Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Boca Raton, West Palm Beach and Miami while Trump was spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach. They were largely peaceful and heavily policed, though some clashes with counterprotesters occurred.

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