{"id":314748,"date":"2025-10-19T00:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T00:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/314748\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T00:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T00:53:09","slug":"thousands-of-people-march-through-downtown-san-antonio-for-no-kings-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/314748\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of people march through downtown San Antonio for \u2018No Kings\u2019 protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 Thousands of people marched through downtown San Antonio on Saturday as part of the nationwide \u201cNo Kings\u201d movement against the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The mostly peaceful protest started at Travis Park with remarks from U.S. Reps. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, and Greg Casar, D-Austin, and state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, among other Democrats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">There, people held signs reading \u201cAll power to the people,\u201d \u201cNo Kings,\u201d \u201cWe the people,\u201d and \u201cDemocracy yes! Dictators no!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Protestors gather in downtown San Antonio amid the nationwide &#8220;No Kings&#8221; protests on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (KSAT)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">The group later marched through downtown, chanting \u201chey hey, ho ho, Donald Trump has got to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">Across the nation, this was the second \u201cNo Kings\u201d protest and third mass movement against the Trump administration this year, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/no-kings-protests-trump-immigration-first-amendment-f04e7a4728c10b694f540bcef0646370\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/no-kings-protests-trump-immigration-first-amendment-f04e7a4728c10b694f540bcef0646370\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">It comes amid an intensifying conflict between federal law enforcement and protesters nationwide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Earlier this week, Gov. Greg Abbott decided to send the National Guard to Austin ahead of the protest, which he said was \u201cantifa-linked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cTexas will deter criminal mischief and work with local law enforcement to arrest anyone engaging in acts of violence or damaging property,\u201d Abbott said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Some conservative politicians have condemned the protests as \u201cHate America\u201d rallies, while others say that they represent a \u201cpatriotic\u201d fight for First Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Protests were planned for more than 2,500 locations nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Protestors gather in downtown San Antonio amid the nationwide &#8220;No Kings&#8221; protests on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (Copyright 2025 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The last \u201cNo Kings\u201d protest took place on June 14 in thousands of cities and towns across the country, including San Antonio, in large part to protest a military parade in Washington that marked the Army\u2019s 250th anniversary and coincided with Trump\u2019s birthday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">During the June protest in San Antonio, two organizers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/06\/13\/protests-over-immigration-raids-expected-in-downtown-san-antonio-on-saturday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/06\/13\/protests-over-immigration-raids-expected-in-downtown-san-antonio-on-saturday\/\">started a demonstration<\/a> at Travis Park that led to a two-mile-plus march through downtown streets.<\/p>\n<p>Scenes from the \u2018No Kings\u2019 protest on Oct. 18 in San Antonio:Protestors gather in downtown San Antonio amid the nationwide &#8220;No Kings&#8221; protests on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (KSAT)Protestors gather in downtown San Antonio amid the nationwide &#8220;No Kings&#8221; protests on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (KSAT)Protestors gather in downtown San Antonio amid the nationwide &#8220;No Kings&#8221; protests on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (KSAT)Protestors gather in downtown San Antonio amid the nationwide &#8220;No Kings&#8221; protests on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (KSAT)Protestors gather in downtown San Antonio amid the nationwide &#8220;No Kings&#8221; protests on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (KSAT)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p>Read also:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Thousands of people marched through downtown San Antonio on Saturday as part of the nationwide&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":314749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,69,7236,7237,7202,7203,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-314748","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-donald-trump","10":"tag-downtown","11":"tag-protests","12":"tag-san-antonio","13":"tag-sanantonio","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115398102515859052","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}