first No Kings protest<\/a> back in June coincided with a military parade the Trump administration organized on Flag Day in Washington, D.C. to commemorate the U.S. Army\u2019s 250th birthday. It also fell on president Trump\u2019s birthday.<\/p>\nIn downtown Los Angeles last June, thousands of Southern Californians turned out for the first No Kings protest, which was peaceful for several hours but turned chaotic after tensions rose between police and protesters. Some protesters reportedly threw rocks, bottles, and fireworks at police while officers issued a dispersal order and unleashed flash-bang grenades, rubber bullets, and tear gas canisters at the crowd, leaving some seriously wounded.<\/p>\n
Law enforcement agencies will be on alert around this Saturday\u2019s No Kings protests.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are aware of a planned demonstration this weekend. While we encourage our community to safely and peacefully exercise your First Amendment rights, we remind everyone that criminal activity will not be tolerated. Anyone engaging in unlawful activity, including vandalism, destruction of property, or assault, will be held accountable,\u201d said Sgt Gerard McCann, an Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Department spokesperson, in a written statement. \u201cThe Sheriff\u2019s Department has dedicated resources to Saturday\u2019s demonstration to ensure it remains safe and lawful.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked for a comment on how the Los Angeles Police Department will help maintain public safety surrounding Saturday\u2019s events, the department said in an email, \u201cShould anything arise we have sufficient resources to respond.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Long Beach Police Department is aware of planned First Amendment activity this Saturday, March 28. The LBPD is here to help facilitate peaceful First Amendment Activity and cares about the safety of our community and protestors alike. If you are participating in a demonstration, please abide by all traffic laws. Criminal activity and violence will not be tolerated,\u201d said Jordan McGinley, an LBPD spokesperson.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is irony in calling it a No Kings Rally, as if Donald Trump created federal immigration laws. He did not. Congress passed our current laws, and enforcing them is not the acts of a King, they are what you do when you are the elected President,\u201d said Jon Fleischman, a former executive director of the California Republican Party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thousands of Southern Californians are expected to turn out for a third wave of No Kings protests on…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":679621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,5295,28579,2961,18448,224,6080,5337,50,1036,1809,156471,27607,8470,17748,3550],"class_list":["post-679620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-inland-empire","tag-la","tag-long-beach","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-losangeles","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-protest","tag-redlands","tag-riverside","tag-riverside-county","tag-san-bernardino-county","tag-san-diego-county"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116287238971556221","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679620","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=679620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}