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Peaceful No Kings Protest In Fort Worth Brings Together Yahoo

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peaceful no kings protest in fort worth brings together yahoo

Saturday morning started quietly as organizers and rally goers set up tables, chairs and tents inside Burnett Park for the March of Dissent and No Kings Rally. The March of Dissent, which kicked off the day’s events, was organized by Sabrina Ball from Indivisible 12. Ball said that the country is undergoing an authoritarian shift. “Texas is supporting it. The Texas MAGA GOP and the Texas Legislature is supporting that, and they’re focused,” Ball said. “They’re taking over our higher public education institutions, causing a brain drain, and delegitimizing those institutions.

It’s going to hurt Texas. Christian nationalism in schools, they’re force-feeding the Ten Commandments down our kids’ throats while simultaneously pulling back food assistance to those kids.” By noon, the park and surrounding sidewalks had started to fill up, despite the 90-degree temperature. Families with younger children came out to join, and many echoed the need to focus and teach their kids about their rights. “It’s a great way to teach them civics. It’s a great way to teach them that part of being an American is to stand up for your rights and to peacefully protest,” Caitlin Milligan said.

“Secondly, we are raising our children to be kind human beings and accepting human beings, and we want to start by demonstrating that with our actions and letting them participate in that.” 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 subcourthouse. The Fort Worth event will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the Arlington one from 10 a.m.

to noon. 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. Despite the rain soaking their flags and smearing the writing on their signs, thousands marched through the streets of downtown Fort Worth on Saturday, shouting, “Donald Trump has got to go.” Entirely peaceful, the Fort Worth No Kings rally and march were part of a national movement against President Trump’s “authoritarianism,” according to the release. The local event was organized by Tarrant County AFL-CIO, Fort Worth Area Indivisible, Indivisible TX-24 and Indivisible TX-12. Saturday’s event at Burk Burnett Park drew roughly 6,500 people — more than the June No Kings rallies in Arlington and Fort Worth had combined. Some carried American flags or dressed in whimsical costumes, but the majority held signs conveying pro-democracy and anti-Trump messages.

U.S. veteran Jeremiah Dye said he came out to the protest dressed as in an inflatable frog suit because democracy is a participation sport and resistance to bad governance can be joyful. “When I look around, and I see my veteran brothers and sisters sleeping under the bridges, going without food, going without access to mental health care and health care facilities,” Dye said, “when I... 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. Like nearly every other protest across the country, Fort Worth’s was peaceful and powerful. Through rain and shine, Fort Worthians filled Burk Burnett Park yesterday for the city’s second No Kings protest of the year. Organizers with the progressive group Indivisible 12 estimated between 7,000 and 8,000 attendees, the largest protest in Fort Worth’s history.

The rally was part of similar rallies across the country. Estimates indicate that nearly 7 million Americans participated in more than 2,500 cities and towns. By most accounts, every rally was peaceful. Throughout the march downtown, protesters carried signs calling for the protection of democracy, comparing the president to other fascist leaders, and demanding the release of the Epstein files. Like other recent protests across the country, a few Fort Worthians wore inflatable costumes of both real and mythical creatures — a trend popularized by the viral TikTok of cops pepper-spraying the Portland Frog... While the national No Kings movement originated to challenge the rise of fascism within the federal government, community speakers brought the importance of local issues to the forefront.

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... Cars honked, motors revved, crowds chanted and drums beat across Burk Burnett Park for more than three hours June 14 in near-100-degree temperatures for the Fort Worth “No Kings” protest. The Fort Worth Police Department estimated 1,500 to 2,000 people gathered for the protest, which joined more than 1,800 such events being held in cities nationwide for a declared “No Kings Day.” The national... Activists said they came to the rally because of a range of issues — most of which could be traced to a general feeling that Trump has overstepped his constitutional authority and is a... They held signs protesting issues including the Trump administration policies on immigration, tariffs and abortion.

Activists also protested local Republicans, including Bo French, chair of the Tarrant County Republican Party, and Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare. In the North Texas area, eight protests were affiliated with the national movement, according to Fox 4, including one that drew over 1,000 people in Arlington. 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.

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