{"id":178364,"date":"2026-03-28T19:35:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T19:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/178364\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T19:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T19:35:11","slug":"thousands-of-no-kings-protesters-march-through-manhattan-to-decry-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/178364\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of No Kings protesters march through Manhattan to decry Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thousands of protesters railing against ICE, the war in Iran and President Trump\u2019s \u201congoing consolidation of executive power\u201d took to Manhattan\u2019s streets Saturday with one unified cry: \u201cNo Kings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Toting banners reading \u201cWe Will Not Be Silenced,\u201d and carrying signs demanding \u201cICE out of NYC,\u201d protesters streamed through Midtown, demanding sweeping changes in Washington, D.C. and the White House.<\/p>\n

Earlier on Saturday, thousands of protesters could be seen marching through the streets of Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Atlanta<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Protesters on Saturday called for an end to the weaponization of ICE and federal agencies, as well as devastating cuts to essential services like Medicaid and public education.<\/p>\n

Demonstrators were joined by New York State Attorney General Letitia James, noted activists, such as the Rev. Al Sharpton, and movie star Robert De Niro. James, De Niro and Sharpton carried a light-green banner reading \u201cWe Protect Our Democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"FromFrom left, New York Attorney General Letitia James, actor Robert De Niro and Rev. Al Sharpton take part in a No Kings protest Saturday, March 28, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo\/Adam Gray)<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the crowds are changing \u2018No Kings,\u2019 what I\u2019m really hearing is, as we all know, \u2018No Trump,’\u201d De Niro said at a press conference before the rally began. \u201cThere have been other presidents that have tested the constitutional limits of their power, but none of them have been an existential threat to our freedom and security.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe must be stopped and must be stopped now,\u201d the Oscar-winning actor continued. \u201cAnd he cannot do all the f\u2014ed-up things he\u2019s doing without the collusion of Congress and the goons in his administration. It\u2019s diabolical.\u201d<\/p>\n

A heavy police presence was expected for the No Kings protest, which comes less than a month after an ISIS-inspired protester unleashed homemade bombs outside of Gracie Mansion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be an adequate security deployment,\u201d an NYPD spokesman told the Daily News in a statement Friday.<\/p>\n

\"PeoplePeople take part in the No Kings protest Saturday, March 28, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo\/Adam Gray)<\/p>\n

Saturday marked the fourth No Kings protest held in New York City. Tens of thousands marched against the Trump administration and its right-wing, anti-immigrant policies during last year\u2019s protests, which are meant to defend democracy and reject authoritarian governance.<\/p>\n

The most recent No Kings protest, held in January, only drew what the NYPD estimated as around 2,000 people.<\/a>\u00a0But an estimated 100,000 people swelled<\/a>\u00a0a No Kings march on a warm day last October, while\u00a0roughly 50,000 people endured rain<\/a> to march in the city\u2019s inaugural No Kings protest last June.<\/p>\n

While 100 people were arrested at the city\u2019s first No Kings protest late last spring, the NYPD said no arrests were made in October.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had more than 100,000 people across all five boroughs peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights and the NYPD made zero protest-related arrests,\u201d the department\u00a0posted on X<\/a>\u00a0after last fall\u2019s march.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thousands of protesters railing against ICE, the war in Iran and President Trump\u2019s \u201congoing consolidation of executive power\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178365,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[262,263,266,85,267,75,84,83,9,24,264,12,63,261,265],"class_list":["post-178364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-sub-county-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}