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<\/a>AFTER ATTENDING THE Bronx\u2019s \u2018No Kings\u2019 Day rally at Lou Gehrig Plaza (l-r): Pat Legy of New Rochelle; Michelle Toone of Mt. Vernon, and Courtney Matute-Reales of Yonkers show their signs on Saturday, March 28, 2026.Photo by David Greene<\/p>\n
STATE SEN. GUSTAVO Rivera shows the crowd a \u201cKnow Your Rights\u201d flier explaining how to interact with ICE during a third \u2018No Kings\u2019 day rally held at East 161st Street and the Grand Concourse on Saturday, March 28, 2026.
Photo by David Greene<\/p>\n
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Meanwhile, Sanchez later said in part, \u201cWe are here because our communities are under attack. We thank our brothers and sisters fighting in Minneapolis. The City of New York is nineteen times larger.\u201d She said added in part, \u201cICE is here today, and so today, we send a strong message: Get out!\u201d<\/p>\n
Dinowitz also spoke of the ongoing threat of ICE, telling the crowd, \u201cWhen President Trump rapidly and vastly increased the number of people who are a part of ICE, he created himself his own personal militia. That\u2019s what\u2019s going on in our country. It\u2019s really scary, but I think we all know that, but we\u2019ve got to make sure everybody understands that, especially before the November election.\u201d<\/p>\n
After Carley Rodriguez and Jackie Davis of The Bronx Singing Resistance Choir sang a song entitled, \u201cAbolish ICE,\u201d \u00a0Speaker Amreeta Susy Mathai, director of strategy and programs at the New York Civil Liberties Union, told the crowd, \u201cI am proud to say that NYCLU stands with thousands of New Yorkers today in The Bronx, in Manhattan, in Brooklyn, in Queens, in Staten Island, and all over the state, and millions across the country to say \u2018no kings, not today, not tomorrow, not ever\u2019.\u201d According to Mathai, the NYCLU has filed 40 lawsuits against the Trump administration this year, while the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed 200.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n For his part, Rivera displayed \u201cKnow Your Rights\u201d fliers he and his staffers have been sharing with constituents since at least last year and passed more out to the crowd. He said other fliers were being distributed to business owners in his district on which it was recommended a room be set aside for employees to gather in if ICE shows up. The senator explained, \u201cThis is a private space for employees. That\u2019s where folks should go to protect themselves. Nobody can do everything, but everybody can do something.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Concourse Village resident Sky Switser and his daughter, Sailor, attended the event with their homemade signs, and when asked why he brought his daughter to the rally, Switser replied, \u201cNo, she had heard about the protest and she was the one that said, \u2018I want to go.\u2019 She\u2019d been helping the nurses who had been on strike. We went to Black Lives Matter protests when she was a tiny baby.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Helen Lopez of Fordham Heights recalled, \u201cMy family said don\u2019t come out (to the No Kings rally) but I\u2019ve got to protest because I don\u2019t want a dictator in my country.\u201d Attending her fist protest ever, Lopez said, \u201cI\u2019ve got to protest, I\u2019ve got kids. I\u2019m not a grandma yet, but in the future, I\u2019ve got to fight for their rights, my rights.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Asked if she had seen ICE in The Bronx, Lopez said, \u201cI\u2019ve seen the guys, the cops that come in undercover, and I try and tell people, \u2018Listen, they are in black cars, they watch, and then they get out of their cars\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Roberta of Riverdale was attending her third \u2018No Kings\u2019 rally, and her second in The Bronx. \u201cI think this was more powerful because it was in the area of The Bronx by the courthouse,\u201d she said. \u201cThis one was much better.\u201d Asked what her core issues against the Trump administration were, she responded, \u201cTo me, all of the war actions in Cuba, in Venezuela. I consider this a world war on people, and obviously, what\u2019s happening in the Middle East, and ICE is just unacceptable to have lawlessness going on.\u201d<\/p>\n After the rally, Wakefield resident Dale Benjamin Drakeford said, \u201cLook at what ICE is doing in the streets, literally killing people in the streets, and again, you\u2019ve got to give Trump credit for this because Trump said a long time ago that he could kill someone on Fifth Avenue, and it wouldn\u2019t matter to his supporters.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Asked why she attended the rally, Yonkers resident Courtney Matute-Reales, a student at Lehman College, said, \u201cIn this day and age, we get to see what\u2019s going on all around the world, and to think that to support these policies, and what is going on is just not within me, and so you have to stand up for justice.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n During the simultaneous nationwide rallies, two additional \u2018No Kings\u2019 events were also held elsewhere in The Bronx. One was held outside The Latino Pastoral Action Center, located at 14 West 170th Street at Jerome Avenue in Mt. Eden, hosted by The Faith Based and Community Leaders\u2019 Alliance. Another rally, held at the Winged Victory Memorial in Pelham Bay Park, was hosted by City Island Indivisible, the Chippewa Democratic Club, the Co-Op City Democratic Club, the Liberty Democratic Association, and the Bronx Chapter of the Working Families Party, and organizers said it was attended by 100 people.<\/p>\n According to John Doyle, Part B male district leader for the 82nd Assembly District in the East Bronx, around\u00a0100 Bronx residents came out for the Pelham Bay Park event for what was described as \u201ca spirited protest against the authoritarian actions of the Trump administration.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Doyle said nearly a dozen speakers, including State Assembly Member Michael Benedetto (A.D. 82), and State Sen. Nathalia Fernandez (S.D. 34), spoke to attendees about \u201cthe creeping authoritarianism they see originating in the federal government, which they say is unable or unwilling to challenge Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n Doyle said other speakers voiced their opposition to the war in Iran, \u201cthe misuse of the military and ICE on American soil, the illegal tariffs punishing middle-class and working families, and the erosion of environmental laws, workers\u2019 rights, and civil rights.\u201d Newly elected City Council Member Shirley Aldebol (C.D. 13) and the campaign team for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) were also on hand to provide support. He said organizers plan to continue additional demonstrations throughout the region in the coming months.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Following the various \u2018No Kings\u2019 rallies held in New York City, the NPYD said on Saturday in part, \u201cWe had tens of thousands of people across all five boroughs peacefully exercising their first amendment rights, and the NYPD made zero protest-related arrests.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Associated Press reported that police in Los Angeles had to deploy tear gas on some members of a \u2018No Kings\u2019 rally group who reportedly refused to disperse from an area near a federal detention center. Police arrested 74 people, it was reported. The London Daily Mirror reported that 50 supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump, some wearing \u201cProud Boys\u201d T-shirts, got into some heated verbal exchanges with others as they attempted to disrupt a similar rally near Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago home in Florida. No injuries or arrests were reported at that event.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the group, \u201cShowing Up for Racial Justice,\u201d is planning a national May Day protest on May 1, Labor Day in Europe, to call for \u201cno work, no school, no shopping\u201d on that day.<\/p>\n At the federal level, to mark the third No Kings Day, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced she would be introducing new legislation to bar the use of a sitting U.S. president\u2019s name, image, likeness, or signature to decorate or designate federal property, assets, or currency.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Back in The Bronx, Stephen Real, an organizer with Northwest Bronx Indivisible, said in part that \u2018No Kings\u2019 was a celebration. \u201cIt\u2019s a day to affirm and exercise our democratic rights. It\u2019s day when ordinary people from all walks of life come together to recognize that none of us are alone, that we all share a similar sense of dismay at what Donald Trump is trying to do to our country, and to realize that, together, we can be brave enough and strong enough to stop him.\u201d<\/p>\n Marcelo Lopez, president of the Bronx Unity Democratic Club, said in part, \u201cAs President Trump escalates his attempts to control us, it is on us, the people, to show that we will fight to protect one another and our community.\u201d He added,\u00a0\u201cFrom Norwood to Hunts Point, The Bronx will continue to resist together, and we will never stop protecting our neighbors, fighting for our rights, and demanding justice.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Ramdat Singh, a Bronx community organizer who emceed the rally, said in part, \u201cToday\u2019s No Kings march is a powerful reminder that democracy does not belong to the powerful; it belongs to the people. It is built on the voices, votes, and values of everyday citizens who refuse to be ruled, silenced, or sidelined.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Read our coverage of prior No Kings rallies here<\/a>\u00a0and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n *S\u00edle Moloney contributed to this story. <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By DAVID GREENE AFTER ATTENDING THE Bronx\u2019s \u2018No Kings\u2019 Day rally at Lou Gehrig Plaza (l-r): Pat…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-183677","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-the-bronx","13":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","14":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183677","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=183677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>BRONXITES AT LOU Gehrig Plaza stood in unison with an estimated 8 million Americans who participated in the third national \u2018No Kings\u2019 rally held Saturday, March 28, 2026.
Photo by David Greene<\/p>\n<\/a>BRONXITES OF ALL backgrounds gathered to protest U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s administration and policies during the third nationwide \u2018No Kings\u2019 rally held at Lou Gehrig Plaza on Saturday, March 28, 2026.
Photo by David Greene<\/p>\n<\/a>BRONXITES BROUGHT HOMEMADE signs and American flags during the third, nationwide \u2018No Kings\u2019 rally held outside Bronx Borough Hall at East 161st Street and the Grand Concourse.\u00a0
Photo by David Greene<\/p>\n<\/a>A CROWD OF several hundred Bronxites turned out for the nationwide, third \u2018No Kings\u2019 rally at Lou Gehrig Plaza at East 161st Street and the Grand Concourse on Saturday, March 28, 2026.
Photo by David Greene<\/p>\n<\/a>ASSEMBLYMAN JEFFREY DINOWITZ (A.D. 81) addresses those gathered at the gathered to protest U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s administration and policies during the third nationwide \u2018No Kings\u2019 rally held at Lou Gehrig Plaza on Saturday, March 28, 2026.
Photo courtesy of Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (A.D. 81)<\/p>\n<\/a>PARTICIPANTS AT A \u201cNo Kings\u201d Bronx rally held at the Winged Victory Memorial in Pelham Bay Park, and hosted by City Island Indivisible, the Chippewa Democratic Club, the Co-Op City Democratic Club, the Liberty Democratic Association, and the Bronx Chapter of the Working Families Party, hold signs on Saturday, March 28, 2026. Organizers said it was attended by 100 people. It was one of three Bronx \u201cNo Kings\u201d rallies held the same day around the borough.\u00a0
Photo courtesy of John Doyle<\/p>\n<\/a>PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING STATE Assemblyman Michael Benedetto (A.D. 82) in shades and John Doyle, to Benedetto\u2019s right, Part B male district leader for the 82nd Assembly District in the East Bronx, attend a \u201cNo Kings\u201d Bronx rally held at the Winged Victory Memorial in Pelham Bay Park, hosted by City Island Indivisible, the Chippewa Democratic Club, the Co-Op City Democratic Club, the Liberty Democratic Association, and the Bronx Chapter of the Working Families Party, on Saturday, March 28, 2026. Organizers said it was attended by 100 people. It was one of three Bronx \u201cNo Kings\u201d rallies held the same day around the borough.\u00a0
Photo courtesy of John Doyle<\/p>\n<\/a>PARTICIPANTS AT A \u201cNo Kings\u201d Bronx rally held at the Winged Victory Memorial in Pelham Bay Park, and hosted by City Island Indivisible, the Chippewa Democratic Club, the Co-Op City Democratic Club, the Liberty Democratic Association, and the Bronx Chapter of the Working Families Party, hold signs on Saturday, March 28, 2026. Organizers said it was attended by 100 people. It was one of three Bronx \u201cNo Kings\u201d rallies held the same day around the borough.\u00a0
Photo courtesy of John Doyle<\/p>\n