JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Dozens of protesters gathered near the St. Johns Town Center on Monday morning for a “No Kings” rally.
On Labor Day, protesters lined the sidewalk along Town Center Parkway, holding signs that denounced President Donald Trump’s administration and called for unity.
“I think we’re losing our rights as citizens,” Millie Gunell said. “If we don’t band together, I think there’s a really good chance that we are going to lose our democracy, and this country will not be the country that we have always thought it to be.”
Several people driving by the demonstration honked to show support for the protest’s cause.
Dozens of protesters gathered near the St. Johns Town Center on Monday morning for a “No Kings” rally. (Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX – All rights reserved.)
The “No Kings” theme was orchestrated by the 50501 Movement, a national movement made up of Americans who say they stand for democracy and against what they call the authoritarian actions of the Trump administration.
Allen Tilley said he decided to attend Monday’s protest to join the community in expressing their opinion “that the country is headed in the wrong direction.”
“In fact, we need to go partly back to where we came from, and partly into a new kind of organization that actually enacts the will of the people,” Tilley said.
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