\u201cNo Kings Day\u201d demonstrations took place in the city and across the country Saturday, with rallies in all five boroughs.<\/p>\n
Theere were marches in 2,500 cities and towns nationwide as part of a pushback against what activists call \u201cauthoritarian power grabs\u201d by President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n
What You Need To Know<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n One of the largest events took place in Times Square, where thousands of protesters showed up to express their frustration with the Trump administration.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is fascism. They are trying to scare people, intimidate people. They are occupying cities with the military. They are unleashing ICE to grab immigrants and citizens. And taking them off the streets and putting them in detention centers. This is fascism,\u201d Travis Morales said.<\/p>\n \u201cI am upset about all the Hispanics they are abusing. Separating families, sending them out without trials to torture prisons. I mean, that\u2019s not America,\u201d Bryce, who did not provide his last name, said.<\/p>\n “This is my first protest,”\u00a0Sylvia Martinez said. “This morning. I was on the fence. If you are on the fence, get involved, okay? It\u2019s enough. We have seen enough, too much of this. It\u2019s not going to stop unless we stop it.”<\/p>\n Organizers and local politicians held a press conference ahead of the march saying they\u2019re here to fight back against attacks on immigrants and democracy in America.<\/p>\n \u201cNo one needs to wonder what would America look like under an authoritarian takeover. If the military was turned against us. If judges and elected officials were arrested by the federal government,\u201d Murad Awawdeh, president and CEO of the New York Immigration Coalition, said.<\/p>\n\n