Protesters demonstrate at about 2,000 sites nationwide on day US president holds military parade in Washington

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/31700751

Rachel Leingang in Minneapolis, Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles and Melissa Hellmann in Philadelphia
Sat 14 Jun 2025 18.45 EDT

“No Kings organizers estimated the day’s events have so far drawn millions of people, with some hundreds still under way in all 50 states and to some cities abroad. These included over 200,000 in New York and over 100,000 in Philadelphia, plus some small towns with sizable crowds for their populations, including the town of Pentwater, Michigan, which saw 400 people join the protest in their 800-person town, the No Kings coalition said.”

  • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    5 months ago

    First major protest I couldn’t be a part of as an adult, sad I couldn’t make it out yall. Keep at it.

  • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I don’t know how many chicago had but I joked it felt like so many the edge or it was going to meet up with the edge of suburban ones. Even people not in it were waving from buildings and cars and the cars were honking but in the kind of supportive honk way. There was one guy with a bullhorn counter protesting but the crowd chanted him down with shame. shame. shame. and well it pretty much goes on like that till you moved passed him.

  • defunct_punk@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Puts a smile on my face seeing every headline today be about the protests/turnout and no single mentions of “”“violence”“” but not a single headline about how Trump’s military parade went