Images from 'No Kings' protests held across U.S.

(NEXSTAR) — Crowds gathered successful cities crossed the U.S. for what's being called the "No Kings" protests, which reason that the subject parade successful D.C. is some costly and celebrates President Trump connected his 79th day alternatively than celebrating the U.S. military.

Here's a snapshot of immoderate of the day's protests from seashore to seashore and the places successful between.

Los Angeles, different California cities

In Los Angeles, wherever caller wide ICE raids person made planetary headlines, the "No Kings" protestation got underway successful downtown L.A. astir 10 a.m. Saturday. As KTLA antecedently reported, thousands of demonstrators started gathering peacefully. Downtown L.A. has been the country of overmuch unrest, arsenic immoderate demonstrations against the migration raids person turned violent. The "No Kings" protests, per the organization's website, purpose to beryllium non-violent.

Meanwhile, a big of different cities successful the Sunshine State besides held their ain protests connected Saturday.

In San Diego, thousands gathered crossed 2 demonstrations successful the coastal metropolis starting astatine 10 a.m., arsenic Nexstar's FOX 5 successful San Diego reported. FOX 5 explains that successful San Diego, the protests were partially influenced by caller ICE raids astatine 2 section restaurants. In 1 immigration raid astatine Buona Forchetta restaurant, masked ICE agents reportedly enactment 15 workers and the wide manager successful handcuffs earlier releasing them. Renato Ametrano, the restaurant's wide manager, told FOX 5 that his unit are documented.

Utah

Nexstar's ABC 4 successful Salt Lake City, Utah, reports that successful summation to 2 "No Kings" protests being held successful Salt Lake, determination are 15 others crossed the state, successful cities including Ogden, Cedar City and St. George.

One large protest astatine the University of Utah kicked disconnected the day's events, wherever students and assemblage members alike gathered successful solidarity against the Trump administration.

Texas and Oklahoma

In Texas, Nexstar's KXAN successful Austin recovered determination were astatine slightest 63 locations successful the authorities wherever anti-Trump demonstrations were taking place. In the Houston area alone, determination were six antithetic locations hosting "No Kings" protests connected Saturday, per Nexstar's KIAH.

In cardinal Texas, smaller towns showed retired arsenic hard arsenic immoderate of the state's large cities, with implicit 700 joining a protest successful the Texas vino state municipality of Bastrop.

Mary Elizabeth Singleton, the event's organizer, told KXAN: “We conscionable privation radical to cognize that adjacent successful a agleam reddish region similar Bastrop, we person radical who are acrophobic astir what Trump… is doing, and we don’t judge successful kings successful the United States of America."

In neighboring Oklahoma, thousands gathered successful Oklahoma City Saturday for 1 the state's aggregate anti-Trump protests. The events began astatine Oklahoma City Hall and featured speakers and music, arsenic reported by Nexstar's KFOR.

Chicago

Thousands of expected protesters took to Chicago's downtown connected Saturday, arsenic reported by Nexstar's WGN. The event's organizers were taking other attraction to support things safe, including implementing trained information marshals to de-escalate immoderate imaginable animus.

Charlotte, North Carolina

Going backmost down south, implicit successful North Carolina, thousands gathered successful Charlotte Saturday morning, with the "No Kings" protestation and march ending with section constabulary backing up the crowd, arsenic reported by Nexstar's Queen City News.

Tampa Bay area, Florida

Thousands gathered successful demonstrations crossed the Tampa Bay area, with protests successful Tampa, Sarasota, St. Petersburg and more, arsenic reported by Nexstar's WFLA successful Tampa.

Grand Rapids, Michigan

An anti-Trump medication protestation drew an expected 1,200 radical connected Saturday greeting astatine a parkland successful Grand Rapids, according to Nexstar's WOODTV successful Grand Rapids.

“I’m definite that caring and thoughtful radical didn’t ballot for this maltreatment of power, cruelty and corruption," said Becky Palmer, a person with Indivisible Greater Grand Rapids, which hosted the protest. "So we’re gathering to punctual Trump and his enablers that America has nary king.”

New York City

New York City's "No Kings" protests enactment the "big" successful "Big Apple," with implicit 25,000 radical flooding the city's streets successful the rain. As reported by Nexstar's PIX11, the assemblage marched from Bryant Park to Washington Square Park successful Manhattan.

Trump's subject parade volition beryllium held successful Washington, D.C. Saturday evening, though protests are not expected to hap astatine that time. As explained by the "No Kings" organization, protestors should debar Washington D.C., successful an effort against "allowing this day parade to beryllium the halfway of gravity."

"No Kings" says its Philadelphia march and protestation volition service arsenic the flagship event, with the enactment saying its Philly lawsuit intends to "draw a wide opposition betwixt our people-powered question and the costly, wasteful, and un-American day parade successful Washington."