{"id":689192,"date":"2026-03-29T02:14:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T02:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/689192\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T02:14:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T02:14:18","slug":"hundreds-march-for-no-kings-protest-in-fort-worth-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/689192\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds march for \u201cNo Kings\u201d protest in Fort Worth Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Samuel O\u2019Neal<\/p>\n

soneal@star-telegram.com<\/p>\n

Hundreds of Fort Worth residents gathered in heavy rain at General Worth Square in downtown Fort Worth on Saturday afternoon to join in on another round of nationwide No Kings protests against President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Two previous No Kings protests took place in Fort Worth, last June 14 and Oct. 18. Other similar protests took place across the Metroplex on Saturday, including in Dallas, Southlake, McKinney, Irving, Frisco and others.<\/p>\n

\"A A sign displayed at General Worth Square during Fort Worth\u2019s No Kings protest Saturday afternoon. Samuel O\u2019Neal soneal@star-telegram.com <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are tired, we are fed up,\u201d said Sabrina Ball, a rally attendee and co-leader of advocacy group Indivisible 12. \u201cWe are here together to push back against authoritarianism, against fascism, against white Christian nationalism, and we are here to say in one voice, no kings, no matter what color you are, how you love, you belong here with us.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Saturday, crowds arrived at General Worth Square at around 1:30 p.m., and the official rally began at 2 p.m. The event started with a number of speakers as attendees crowded around a stage in front of the Fort Worth Convention Center. A number of booths were set up along West Ninth Street, including tables for Tarrant County Democrats, The Justice Movement, and a table offering to make signs for those attendees who came without one.<\/p>\n

\"Speakers Speakers address to rally attendees Saturday in front of the Fort Worth Convention Center before the No Kings march through Sundance Square. Samuel O\u2019Neal soneal@star-telegram.com <\/p>\n

The rally started with the playing of John Lennon\u2019s \u201cImagine\u201d as protesters made their way down Main Street and closer to the convention center. What started with a few hundred people scattered across the area quickly turned into a gathering of closer to 1,000. The rain started to pour as the protest began, with rallygoers pulling out ponchos and umbrellas to stay dry.<\/p>\n

Tyler Turner, a Tarrant County resident and local union leader, said people showed up to the rally because the working class is tired of living paycheck to paycheck while \u201cbillionaires run the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Protesters Protesters helds sign and participated in chants in front of the Fort Worth Convention Center on Saturday before taking off on a march during No Kings protests. Samuel O\u2019Neal soneal@star-telegram.com <\/p>\n

\u201cIn the richest country in the world, no one should have to choose between rent and groceries, between medical care and survival,\u201d Turner said. \u201cNow we see a billionaire class trying to rig the system even further, trying to crown their king over a country that was never meant to have one. Well we are here to say, loud and clear, no kings, no crowns.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nydia Cardenas, a speaker and candidate for Tarrant County Commissioners Court, took the stage with Jacqualyne Johnson, the mother of Anthony Johnson Jr., who was killed<\/a> in Tarrant County Jail in 2024. Johnson Jr.\u2019s death sparked outrage<\/a> from his family, who says his death was unlawful and preventable.<\/p>\n

Jacqualyne Johnson told attendees during a lengthy speech prior to the march that the No Kings protest symbolizes more than just what is going on in Washington, D.C. It also represents local leadership, like City Council and Tarrant County elected officials.<\/p>\n

\"Fort Fort Worth No Kings signs were displayed across General Worth Square during the protest Saturday. Samuel O\u2019Neal soneal@star-telegram.com <\/p>\n

Cardenas, who was one of several who spoke to the crowd prior to the rally turning into a march through downtown Fort Worth, said everyone who came to protest proved that they care deeply about their community and country and it was time to make their voices louder.<\/p>\n

\u201cStand up and fight back,\u201d Cardenas said. \u201cWho is angry about our democracy being dismantled? If we\u2019re not angry, we\u2019re not paying attention. But every single thing that is enraging us about what\u2019s going on at the federal level is also happening right here in Tarrant County. Who is angry about the terrorizing of our friends and neighbors that happen to be immigrants?\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Dancers Dancers performed in front of the Fort Worth Convention Center at the beginning of the No Kings protest Saturday. Samuel O\u2019Neal soneal@star-telegram.com <\/p>\n

After Cardenas\u2019 speech, the rain started to subside and attendees grabbed their signs and took to the streets of downtown Fort Worth to march. They started in front of the Convention Center at West Ninth Street and marched down Main Street.<\/p>\n

The march, which started shortly after 3 p.m. and lasted until after 5 p.m., went all across Sundance Square. The crowd turned off Main Street onto West Fourth, then down Throckmorton and West Second.<\/p>\n

\u201cVote them out!\u201d protesters chanted as they marched through Sundance Square.<\/p>\n

Fort Worth\u2019s protest was one of more than 20 scheduled across DFW on Saturday, including one in Dallas, where at least one person was detained after a clash with counter-protesters<\/a>. There were not any counter-protest incidents during Fort Worth\u2019s rally.<\/p>\n

In Southlake, hundreds of people gathered<\/a> at Southlake Town Square on Saturday morning. Speakers at that rally included Alisa Simmons, a Democratic Tarrant County commissioner; Tiffany Burks, a Democrat running for district attorney; and Maryellen Hicks, who has spent over 50 years as a lawyer and judge in Texas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re trying to press us out,\u201d said Bishop Mark Kirkland, the senior pastor at Greater Saint Mark Ministries in Fort Worth. \u201cI\u2019ll be damned if I\u2019ll be shut out. I\u2019ll be damned if I don\u2019t vote. We died for the right to vote, and we live for the right to vote. This is our land, from sea to shining sea. And we don\u2019t make no apologies for how we fight. If we don\u2019t fight, we don\u2019t win.\u201d<\/p>\n

This story was originally published March 28, 2026 at 6:46 PM.<\/p>\n


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Samuel O\u2019Neal<\/a><\/p>\n

Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n

Samuel O\u2019Neal is a local news reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram covering higher education and local news in Fort Worth. He joined the team in December 2025 after previously working as a staff writer at the Philadelphia Inquirer. He graduated from Temple University, where he served as the Editor-in-Chief of the school\u2019s student paper, The Temple News.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Samuel O\u2019Neal soneal@star-telegram.com Hundreds of Fort Worth residents gathered in heavy rain at General Worth Square in downtown…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":689193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,7371,7372,158048,55897,358,288905,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-689192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-america","tag-fort-worth","tag-fortworth","tag-no-kings-protest","tag-sundance-square","tag-texas","tag-trump-protest","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116310053385791157","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689192","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=689192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}