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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Thousands of No Kings Day demonstrations took spot crossed the state Saturday, including close present successful the Central Valley. Saturday’s protests successful Fresno are successful absorption of the Trump administration, coinciding with the president's day and a ample subject parade successful Washington, D.C.
June 14 is Flag Day, President Donald Trump’s 79th day and the 250th day of the US Army. But thousands of radical are utilizing the time to marque their voices heard.
“This is my archetypal clip doing immoderate benignant of protest,” protester Lee Perryman said.
Perryman is demonstrating against what she says is President Donald Trump’s misuse of powerfulness since returning to office.
“We're retired present to enactment different things too the billion-dollar parade that he's putting on. People are starving, radical are bare and he's putting connected a day parade,” Perryman said.
These protests are besides successful effect to aggregate migration raids successful California.
“We deliberation it's an overreach and we deliberation radical are being swept distant and wrongly accused without owed process,” Perryman said.
“I’m present to enactment the families. I cognize the suffering they're going done with everything happening around,” protester Madel Felix said.
John Aguilar is raising consciousness for veterans similar himself aft reports that Saturday's Army Day parade would outgo upwards of $45 million.
“They could nonstop that wealth to the V.A. They could nonstop that wealth to lawyers and courts that could amended woody with migration and radical seeking asylum. As a combat veteran, I surely did not combat for a king,” Vietnam Veteran and protester John Aguilar said.
Fresno City Councilmember Nick Richardson was besides successful the crowd, making definite folks successful his jurisdiction are safe.
“I person a vested involvement successful the information of the radical who enactment maine successful this job, the businesses who are here, the folks who conscionable happened to beryllium transiting through,” Fresno City Councilmember for District 6 Nick Richardson said.
Not acold from thousands of radical astatine River Park were hundreds much protestors astatine Cary Park and Fashion Fair. They judge what they’re doing volition bring change.
“If it wasn't for my household that worked successful fields, that protested with Cesar Chavez. I protested with him erstwhile I was 12 years old. And determination has been a important alteration to the migrant oregon the migrant workers,” protester Abby Serrate said.
It’s a premix of symptom for some.
“I person a grandson successful the National Guard who's successful L.A. close now, and I'll accidental nary much astir that,” Aguilar said.
And a premix of pridefulness connected display.
"I came to the past protest, and it was besides astir 10 a.m., and I was 1 of the archetypal ones to get here. There was cipher here. So this clip that I got here, I americium amazed by however galore radical really came retired and enactment it,” Felix said.
Although determination were a fewer hecklers passim the day, demonstrations remained peaceful.
Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer commended the assemblage for protesting peacefully successful the pursuing statement:
Today, arsenic demonstrations took spot crossed the federation successful effect to subject celebrations successful Washington D.C., Fresno besides saw peaceful gatherings astatine the corners of Shaw and Fresno Avenues, arsenic good arsenic Blackstone and Nees Avenues.
More than 2,000 radical participated present successful Fresno. I privation to convey each those who took portion for conducting themselves respectfully. Protesters stayed disconnected backstage spot and retired of the roadway, helping to guarantee everyone’s safety.
I besides privation to convey the men and women of the Fresno Police Department for their professionalism and beingness passim the day. Their efforts helped guarantee that everything remained harmless and peaceful.
This is yet different illustration of what makes Fresno a large city—where radical tin explicit their views peacefully and responsibly.
Mayor Jerry Dyer
