No Kings, flag day and protests
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"No Kings" protests are planned in several cities and towns in Massachusetts on Saturday June 14, according to organizers.
“No Kings” organizers, including Mass 50501 and the Indivisible Mass Coalition, had encouraged the Boston protesters to join in with the Pride parade, to show “joyous defiance of anti-LGBTQIA+ tyranny of a fascist administration.”
I GOT TO SHOW UP LIKE IT’S BECOMING MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT. SO PEOPLE GOT TO SHOW UP AND SHOW UP. THEY DID. ALSO IN BOSTON, DEMONSTRATORS FOR THE NO. KING’S PROTEST, A RALLY AT CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY INCLUDING BOSTON.
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Boston's Copley Square on Saturday for the Pride parade while "No Kings" protesters lined the streets to peacefully demonstrate.
At the end of a week when President Donald Trump sent Marines and the California National Guard to Los Angeles to quell protests, Americans across the country turned out in huge numbers to protest Trump's attempts to expand his power.
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Protests against President Donald Trump and his administration are planned nationwide Saturday, but in Boston, organizers say the “No Kings” demonstration will look a little different, since the day of action coincides with the city’s Pride parade and festival.
A rally will be held in Boston on Monday afternoon in response to ICE raids and protests in Los Angeles over the weekend.
The Boston protest was one of many across the country in support of David Huerta, president of the California SEIU, who was detained by federal officials in Los Angeles on Friday.
The Boston pride rally and the No Kings rally organizers said more than 1 million people showed up Saturday on Boston Common to celebrate the LGBTQ community and democracy. A ribbon-cutting ceremony kicked off Boston's Pride for the People march while a motorcycle contingent led a rally down Clarendon Street and through the Back Bay as hundreds of thousands of people celebrated the LGBTQ+ community.
Despite peaceful demonstrations reported in multiple cities, violence flared at some anti-Trump protests over the weekend.