Thousands and thousands of individuals throughout the nation are anticipated to affix in protest this weekend in opposition to Donald Trump’s administration, a motion meant to coincide with the president’s deliberate navy parade in Washington.
The parade additionally falls on his birthday. Organizers say No Kings protests are a counteraction to what they name lavish spectacles meant to feed Trump’s ego.
No Kings organizers say they’ve almost 2,000 occasions deliberate throughout greater than 1,500 cities, with New York and Los Angeles, town on the middle of the nationwide motion, amongst 10 the place demonstrators are anticipated to be most lively. Occasions are deliberate throughout New York and New Jersey. Discover a extra full checklist right here.
The place are No Kings protests close to me?
In New York:
No Kings NYC March (Bryant Park, fifth Avenue and East forty first Avenue) – 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
New Orleans Funeral second line at No Kings NYC (Crown Trophy, 7 E thirty eighth Avenue) – 2 p.m to five p.m.
No Kings Columbia College (Broadway & West 116th Avenue) – 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
No Kings Brooklyn
No Kings Queens: (10628 Queens Boulevard, Forest Hills1375) – 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
No Kings Yonkers: Hudson Fulton Memorial Park (1025-1043 Warburton Ave – 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
No Kings Port Washington: Port Washington prepare station (Primary Avenue and Haven Avenue) — 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
In New Jersey:
No Kings Weehawken – Weehawken Township (Blvd East, Hamilton Park) – 1 p.m. to three p.m.
Jersey Metropolis No Kings Nationwide Day of Defiance — (Grove Avenue Path Station Plaza, Christopher Columbus Drive, Jersey Metropolis) — 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
No Kings Newark – seated Lincoln statue (12 Springfield Avenue) – 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
No Kings Paramus – 165 Route 4 – 10 a.m. to six p.m.
What are the ICE protests about?
Protests in opposition to the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement insurance policies have been ongoing in New York Metropolis and throughout the nation since final weekend, when unrest erupted in Los Angeles and Trump despatched within the Nationwide Guard. In New York Metropolis, a number of dozen individuals have been arrested, totally on obstruction and disorderly conduct costs, over the course of this week’s each day protests. Most simply acquired summonses.
Whereas there have been a handful of tense moments between police and protesters, the demonstrations have largely been contained, and the NYPD says most demonstrators within the metropolis have been peaceable.
Demonstrators say the NYPD is not speculated to be collaborating with ICE and that is what the division is doing. The NYPD says it cooperates with federal companies on felony investigations solely.
