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Photos Hundreds Protest In Arlington For No Kings Day

Bonisiwe Shabane
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Arlington resident Greg Juarez, 34, chants during the “No Kings” protest June 14 in Arlington. Juarez wore an Uncle Sam costume. Hundreds of residents gathered for the “No Kings” protest June 14 at the Tarrant County Sub-Courthouse in Arlington, pushing back against President Donald Trump’s administration. The growing movement and organization describe the president’s administration as authoritarian. Protests were intentionally organized on the same day as the Miltary’s 250th anniversary parade, which also falls on Trump's birthday. Participants lined up on Abram Street from 10 a.m.

to noon, holding up signs, chanting, and receiving support from those driving by. Similar events took place across North Texas, including Fort Worth, Dallas and Denton, where thousands of people were reported to be in attendance. Anti-Trump protesters mobilized in force across Arlington today (Saturday) as part of nationwide “No Kings Day” demonstrations ahead of the military parade in D.C. Waving signs, banners and American flags, they cheered from overpasses and chanted outside the Clarendon Metro station. An estimated 5,000 people lined long stretches of Langston Blvd from Rosslyn to Falls Church, in an attempt to form an enormous, 5.2-mile “human chain.” In Falls Church earlier in the day, they packed five blocks of Broad Street.

Many of the protesters were Arlington residents, while others traveled to the county in order to be close to D.C., where no official “No Kings” events were planned. Concerns ranged from immigration policy to mass federal layoffs to funding for health care, environmental programs and USAID. “Nobody wants their grandma to lose Medicaid, and so we just feel we need to step up and say something,” Micaela Pond, founder of We of Action Virginia, told ARLnow. “It’s not about being bad sports. It’s about basic human rights in our Constitution being violated.” Protesters lined the walkways of East Abram Street in front of the Tarrant County subcourthouse in Arlington on June 14.

The protest was one of hundreds across the nation protesting President Donald Trump on his birthday. While a majority of protesters held signs that read No Kings, the name of the protest event, there were a range of issues on display, including anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement and anti-Department of Government... Local organizer Carol Raburn said that “well over 1,000 people” attended and that the protest was bigger than she anticipated. “All the stuff going down in Los Angeles is scaring people,” Raburn said. “So they kind of want to get out and express their emotion. This gives them an outlet and lets them feel like they’ve done something to show they care.”

The No Kings movement was created by 50501, a national movement spawned online that organized protests in every state following President Trump’s 2024 election win. The decentralized structure of 50501 allows local organizers to join the larger movement in its overarching efforts to “uphold the Constitution and end executive overreach,” the group’s website says. Demonstrators gathered in parks and plazas across the U.S. to protest against President Donald Trump. The “No Kings” rallies were organized in nearly 2,000 locations nationwide, including cities, towns, and community spaces. These protests followed recent unrest over federal immigration raids and Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles, where tensions escalated with protesters blocking a freeway and setting vehicles on fire.

Arndrea Waters King, third from left, and Martin Luther King III, fourth from left, march in the “No Kings” protest, Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) EDS NOTE: OBSCENITY - Tear gas surrounds law enforcement officers on horseback during a protest Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope) Millions of protestors took to the streets all over the country on Oct. 18, rallying against the Trump administration's "abuses of power"

Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty;Craig T Fruchtman/Getty The "No Kings" protests returned to cities across the United States this weekend. Following the June event, in which millions took to the streets to march against President Donald Trump and his administration, the activist group organized hundreds of protest events for Saturday, Oct. 18. A message on the No Kings website praised the success of the summer marches, which were held as a counterprotest to Trump's military birthday parade in Washington, D.C. "The world saw the power of the people, and President Trump’s attempt at a coronation collapsed under the strength of a movement rising against his abuses of power," it said.

More than 2,000 protests were scheduled across all 50 states Saturday through the No Kings movement, which organizers say seeks to reject “authoritarianism, billionaire-first politics, and the militarization of our democracy.” The mobilization was a direct response to a military parade rolling through Washington, DC, on Saturday that celebrated the 250th anniversary of the US Army. It also coincided with President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday. Saturday's rallies have been amplified by a week of protests against ICE raids in Los Angeles and other major cities. Following the Hands Off! and 50501 protests this spring, Saturday’s demonstrations weren't the first nationwide rejection of Trump’s policies.

But organizers said they would be the largest. Millions of Americans were expected to take part. Houston: People gather in Houston for the No Kings nationwide demonstration. Raquel Natalicchio/AP hide caption No Kings protests took place across the country from New York City to Atlanta to Los Angeles. The 50501 Movement, which stands for 50 states, 50 protests, one movement, said the nationwide protests are aimed at calling attention to what they say are authoritarian actions of the Trump administration.

Houston: A protester shouts with a megaphone at No Kings protest. Lucio Vasquez/The Texas Newsroom hide caption Dallas: Thousands march for the No Kings protest Saturday, June 14, 2025, in downtown. Yfat Yossifor/KERA hide caption A crowd estimated at over 1,000 people lined both sides of Abram Street in front of the Tarrant County Subcourthouse in Arlington on Saturday morning to make their voices heard. The “No Kings Day” rally wasn’t scheduled to start until 10 a.m., but a respectable crowd had already gathered by 9:30 a.m.

Participants waved American flags and handmade signs while chanting “Immigrants are welcome here” and “Justice now!” The mood at the protest seemed more like a block party than a demonstration, but the participants were dead serious when it came to expressing their concerns for the direction they feel the United... Patti Coggins, a retired Army combat medic, said she showed up at 9 a.m., grabbed a bite to eat at the nearby Shipley Donuts and headed to the courthouse. Her sign showed a crossed out crown and the numbers 8647, slang for throwing President Trump out of office. Coggins said she’s worried about the wealthy getting tax breaks while things like Social Security are in jeopardy. She’s also concerned about what she sees as a lack of decency in the Trump administration.

See below for photos and updates (as they come in throughout the day) on today’s “No Kings” protests in Virginia. Let’s hope a LOT of people participate – and not let authoritarian goons like “MAGA Glenn” Youngkin, or his cult leader Donald Trump, intimidate us from expressing our GUARANTEED First Amendment rights! (I’m planning to attend a protest in Arlington – how about you?)

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