{"id":180838,"date":"2026-03-31T14:07:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/180838\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:07:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:07:53","slug":"nationwide-no-kings-demonstrations-bring-millions-to-streets-including-20000-in-park-slope-brooklyn-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/180838\/","title":{"rendered":"Nationwide \u201cNo Kings\u201d demonstrations bring millions to streets, including 20,000 in Park Slope \u2022 Brooklyn Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"

From major cities to suburbs and small towns, more than 8 million people participated in over 3,300 \u201cNo Kings\u201d marches \u2014 a national movement and day of action dedicated to nonviolent resistance against authoritarianism and corruption \u2014 across all 50 states on March 28, making it the largest single-day demonstration in U.S. history, according to organizers.<\/p>\n

In New York City, the third wave of \u201cNo Kings\u201d protests, following rallies in June and October 2025, was held in all five boroughs.\n<\/p>\n

More than 350,000 people marched through Times Square in Manhattan<\/a>, led by New York State Attorney General Letitia James, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Rev. Al Sharpton, civil rights attorney Maya Wiley, activist and producer Padma Lakshmi, and actor Robert De Niro. At a pre-march press conference, De Niro described the Trump administration\u2019s actions as \u201cdiabolical,\u201d noting that while other U.S. presidents had tested the limits of their power, none had posed such an existential threat to freedoms and security as President Trump.<\/p>\n

\"\"Left to right: NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, NYS Attorney General Letitia James, activist Padma Lakshmi, actor Robert De Niro, and Rev. Al Sharpton joined the \u201cNo Kings\u201d march in Manhattan.Photo by Gabriele Holtermann<\/p>\n

\u201cHe must be stopped, and he must be stopped now,\u201d De Niro said. \u201cNo King Trump; no unnecessary wars that rob our resources, sacrifice our brave servicemen and women, and slaughter innocents. No corrupt leader enriching himself and his Epstein-class buddies. No taking away health care from our most vulnerable neighbors. No unaffordable groceries, no unaffordable energy, no unaffordable housing, and no inflation at its highest level since COVID. No government mass thugs shooting down our neighbors in the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Actor Robert De Niro described the Trump administration\u2019s actions as \u201cdiabolical\u201d at a \u201cNo Kings\u201d press conference.Photo by Gabriele Holtermann<\/p>\n

In Brooklyn, more than 20,000 people marched in Park Slope, protesting Trump\u2019s aggressive immigration policies, the war in Iran and the rising cost of living, and describing his actions as reminiscent of a monarch rather than a democratic leader.<\/p>\n

The grassroots response to what organizers described as federal authoritarianism and a call to protect community freedoms began at Garfield Place between Eighth Avenue and Prospect Park West. Marchers proceeded south on Prospect Park West before concluding at Bartel Pritchard Square at 15th Street, where music, sing-alongs and chanting continued.<\/p>\n

Park Slope residents Dani Newman and Kathryn Krase co-organized the rally with support from more than 100 volunteers and local donors. The pair also organized the October \u201cNo Kings\u201d march.\n<\/p>\n

\"\"An estimated 20,000 people joined the \u201cNo Kings\u201d march in Park Slope, Brooklyn, on March 28, part of a nationwide day of protest.Photo by Paul Frangipane \"\"20,000 people joined the \u201cNo Kings\u201d march in Park Slope.<\/p>\n

Newman told Brooklyn Paper they were inspired by the first Park Slope \u201cNo Kings\u201d rally in June 2025, an impromptu gathering at Grand Army Plaza organized by a group of senior citizens who couldn\u2019t attend the Manhattan march and which drew about 2,500 participants. They organized subsequent marches in Park Slope for those who wanted to express frustration with the current administration but couldn\u2019t participate in Manhattan, whether due to security concerns, mobility issues or family obligations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are [also] people who have never done anything like this before, and they want to put their toe in the water. And then there are people who just want to stand with their community, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing,\u201d Newman said, stressing that they weren\u2019t competing with the Manhattan march but focusing on the community aspect of a neighborhood known for its progressive political activity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not focused on the number of people who come; that just organically happened, because more and more people are feeling what\u2019s going on in the world. More and more people need to know. And we don\u2019t care what side of the fence you\u2019re on, we want you to feel like you\u2019re not alone,\u201d Newman said. \u201cIt\u2019s pure joy to see floods of people who are politically active, who are concerned citizens, who feel comfortable enough to come out, and who are part of this very, very tight community.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Protesters carry signs and chant during the \u201cNo Kings\u201d march in Park Slope, Brooklyn, on March 28.Photo by Paul Frangipane \"\"Protesters carry signs and chant during the \u201cNo Kings\u201d march in Park Slope, Brooklyn, on March 28.Photo by Paul Frangipane<\/p>\n

Newman urged people to make their voices heard, saying the United States \u201cwas not a country for a king.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a country governed by the rule of law and due process. People are seeing people killed on the street [and] being kidnapped with no due process. Their gas prices are going up, and we\u2019re going to war; all the things that some people felt assured weren\u2019t happening, they\u2019re all happening by the decree of one authoritarian figure, not through our democratic processes,\u201d Newman said. \u201cWe can\u2019t stand by and let that happen. And the thing I always come back to is that people have to remember the power is theirs to change this or do something about it. And there may be a time when it\u2019s too late, but the people have the power because this is a government of, by, and for the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Park Slope resident Tom Rinaldi said it was important to take to the streets given what he described as the threat of authoritarianism.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re in a really serious time, and it\u2019s time for people to step up and make their voices heard,\u201d Rinaldi told Brooklyn Paper, noting that he was not only encouraged by the turnout but also by the age diversity.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seemed like there were more young people. There were a lot of children with their families and friends, all participating with signs and doing call-and-response chants, handing out \u201cKnow Your Rights with ICE\u201d fliers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\"\"People of all ages, from young children to older adults, march together during the \u201cNo Kings\u201d protest in Park Slope.Photo by Paul Frangipane \"\"People of all ages, from young children to older adults, march together during the \u201cNo Kings\u201d protest in Park Slope.Photo by Paul Frangipane<\/p>\n

Longtime political activist and Boerum Hill resident Ken Diamondstone marched with the Brooklyn for Peace contingent.\n<\/p>\n

Diamondstone said the record-breaking turnout was an indicator of growing resentment toward the Trump administration, emphasizing the importance of opposing \u201cProject 2025,\u201d<\/a> a 900-page manifesto drafted by the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation. The plan calls, among other things, for eliminating the Department of Education, banning abortions and access to contraception, expanding immigrant detention centers, expediting the removal of undocumented immigrants, rolling back legal protections for the LGBTQIA+ community \u2014 including gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors \u2014 and eliminating climate policies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are well on their way to implementing, and it\u2019s frightening,\u201d Diamondstone said. \u201cThey will be doing everything they can to suppress the vote in the Save Act, and they\u2019re already doing their best to change the landscape by redistricting at a time when they\u2019re not supposed to be redistricting, and the only thing that Democrats must do is fight fire with fire by redistricting as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Protesters carry signs and chant during the \u201cNo Kings\u201d march in Park Slope, Brooklyn, on March 28.Photo by Paul Frangipane \"\"Assembly Members Robert Carroll and Jo Anne Simon marched in the Park Slope \u201cNo Kings\u201d march in Park Slope.Photo by Paul Frangipane<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Democratic lawmakers, Assembly Members Jo Anne Simon and Robert Carroll, also joined their neighbors in sending Washington, D.C., a clear message that power belongs to the people, not to kings.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is nothing more American than exercising free speech rights through peaceful demonstration,\u201d Carroll told Brooklyn Paper. \u201cThe great turnout for \u201cNo Kings\u201d in Brooklyn and throughout New York City sends a strong message that people from all walks of life oppose Trump\u2019s authoritarianism, divisiveness, racism, and war-mongering.\u201d<\/p>\n

Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon said the remarkable turnout at the local \u201cNo Kings\u201d protest in Park Slope showed that Brooklynites were paying attention and wanted their voices heard.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was inspiring and heartening to be surrounded by so many neighbors standing up for what is right and for the values that make our democracy strong. \u00a0Whether your issue is the war in Iran, or the presence of ICE in our communities and airports, the abusive detention of our immigrant neighbors and citizens, or the obvious attempts to subvert the mid-term elections, it is moments like this that remind us that our democracy is strengthened by people showing up, speaking out, and participating,\u201d Simon said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From major cities to suburbs and small towns, more than 8 million people participated in over 3,300 \u201cNo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180839,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[31250,27013,98,100,99,9,24,12,370,3982,72991,63,8005,6986,655,72992],"class_list":{"0":"post-180838","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-assembly-member-jo-anne-simon","9":"tag-assembly-member-robert-carroll","10":"tag-brooklyn","11":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","12":"tag-brooklyn-news","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-newsletter","17":"tag-no-kings","18":"tag-no-kings-march","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-park-slope","21":"tag-protest","22":"tag-trump-administration","23":"tag-trump-protest"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180838","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=180838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}