New York Metropolis officers are outlining security plans Friday as they put together to safe protests anticipated to pop up within the 5 boroughs as a part of a nationwide No Kings day of motion towards the Trump administration.
No Kings organizers say they’ve almost 2,000 occasions deliberate throughout greater than 1,500 cities, with New York and Los Angeles, the town on the middle of the nationwide motion, amongst 10 cities the place demonstrators are anticipated to be most lively. Thousands and thousands are anticipated to hitch in opposition towards Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement insurance policies — and the timing coincides with the president’s deliberate army parade in Washington.
Saturday’s parade is meant to mark the Military’s 250th anniversary, and it additionally falls on Trump’s birthday. Opponents say No Kings protests are a counteraction to what they name lavish occasions meant to feed his ego.
The “No Kings” theme was orchestrated by the 50501 Motion, a nationwide motion made up of on a regular basis People who stand for democracy and towards what they name the authoritarian actions of the Trump administration. The title 50501 stands for 50 states, 50 protests, one motion.
“In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings,” organizers say on their web site.
Occasions are deliberate throughout New York and New Jersey. See a handful of the scheduled No Kings protests beneath and discover a extra full listing 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, No Cuts, Brooklyn (no march, capped occasion area – Prospect Park West, 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 (Principal 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?
The No Kings Day of Defiance is anticipated to be the biggest single-day mobilization since Trump returned to workplace, organizers mentioned.
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 legal investigations solely.
Protests towards 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 folks have been arrested, totally on obstruction and disorderly conduct prices, over the course of this week’s day by day protests. Most simply obtained 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.
