LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Opponents of President Trump and his administration will be planning a nationwide rally on Saturday, June 14.
Indivisible Las Vegas will be holding a "No Kings" rally in Las Vegas that will be taking place on Saturday, June 14, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Las Vegas.
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The rallies are meant to be peaceful protests against the Trump administration and authoritarianism.
Organizers for the "No Kings" nationwide rally are attempting to counter the Army's 250th anniversary celebration, a celebration that President Trump has bolstered with an expensive military parade. The parade coincides with Trump's 79th birthday and Flag Day, according to the Associated Press.
“When a president acts like a king, it’s our duty to remind him he works for us,” said Barbra Wolfe, spokesperson for Indivisible Las Vegas. “No Kings Day is about standing up for democracy, for working families, and for the rule of law. We’re showing up because silence is not an option when our freedoms are on the line.”
In a statement sent to Channel 13, Indivisible Las Vegas emphasized the Las Vegas "No Kings" rally is not an anti-ICE protest.
The “No Kings” protests taking place across the country on Saturday will be peaceful protests against an increasingly authoritarian Trump regime. These protests, now taking place in more than 2,000 sites across the U.S., have been planned for months and are NOT “anti-ICE” protests.
Metro Public Information Officer Robert Wicks tells me that once laws are broken, Metro will deem any events unlawful assemblies.
"As a police department, we want people to be able to voice their opinions. We just want them to do it peacefully and lawfully and that big part of that is that lawful part that just because you're out protesting and you're doing it peacefully still doesn't mean you have the right to violate traffic laws even so please stay on the sidewalks, make sure you're doing everything legal," Wicks said.
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