JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Big crowds of protesters are expected Saturday in thousands of places around the U.S. in opposition to what some are characterizing as increasingly authoritarian practices by President Donald Trump.
There are at least 10 “No Kings” protests planned across Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia, according to the movement’s website.
It’s the second “No Kings” protest and third mass movement against the administration this year, and it comes amid an intensifying conflict between federal law enforcement and protesters nationwide.
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The first massive “No Kings” protest was held in June, with nearly 2,000 locations that joined across the country to voice their opposition against Trump’s administration and his policies. More specifically, thousands came together to protest a military parade in Washington that marked the Army’s 250th anniversary and coincided with Trump’s birthday. “No Kings” organizers at the time called the parade “coronation” that was symbolic of what they characterized as Trump’s growing authoritarian overreach.
This weekend, protests are planned for more than 2,500 locations nationwide — from the country’s largest city, New York, to small unincorporated, rural communities like East Glacier Ridge, Montana, with roughly 300 residents.
Here’s a list of “No Kings” protests planned in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia:
Northeast Florida
Jacksonville Northside Caravan to March & Rally from 12 to 2:30 p.m. (address not disclosed)
St. Augustine’s protest at the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument from 9 to 11 a.m.
Jacksonville Beaches Caravan to March & Rally in Atlantic Beach from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (address not disclosed)
Indivisible JAX Riverside, Car Caravan Sign Up from 12:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. (address not disclosed)
Orange Park’s protest at the corner of Blanding Blvd. and Kingsley Avenue in front of Burger King from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. (address not disclosed)
Starke’s protest at the corner of 301 and 100 from 12 to 2 p.m.
Ponte Vedra protest from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Mandarin Caravan to Downtown March and Gathering from 12 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Palm Coast protest from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Jacksonville: Friendship Fountain march to Duval County Courthouse from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Lake City’s protest at Olustee Park from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Fernandina Beach protest from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. (address not disclosed)
Southeast Georgia
St. Marys protest at the St. Marys waterfront for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Brunswick protest at the Mary Ross Waterfront Park from 3:30 to 5 p.m.
Waycross “Satilla Voices for Democracy” protest from 9 to 11 a.m. (address not disclosed)
Trump’s crackdown against protests, especially in Democratic cities, has intensified since the June marches. He has since sent National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., and Memphis, Tenn. His efforts to deploy troops to Chicago and Portland, Oregon, have stalled in federal court.
Organizers in Chicago are expecting tens of thousands of demonstrators at a popular Lake Michigan park, followed by a downtown march.
Federal immigration agents have arrested more than 1,000 people in Chicago, the nation’s third largest city, with increasingly aggressive tactics since September. Protests have been frequent and well attended in recent weeks, and have boiled over in intense clashes outside a suburban federal immigration processing center.
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