{"id":154940,"date":"2026-04-02T02:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T02:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/154940\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T02:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T02:22:13","slug":"erie-no-kings-rally-draws-crowds-downtown-the-gannon-knight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/154940\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie \u201cNo Kings\u201d rally draws crowds downtown \u2013 THE GANNON KNIGHT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 1, 2026\/Midnight<\/p>\n<p>Erie, PA. \u2013 Hundreds gathered in downtown Erie on Saturday, March 28, for the \u201cNo Kings\u201d parade, a demonstration centered on themes of equality and opposition to authoritarianism. Marchers carried signs and chanted as they moved through the city, drawing attention from people, and prompting a visible police presence to manage traffic and ensure safety.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">No Kings<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26177\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC4544-480x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\"  \/>People raise \u201cNo Kings\u201d posters in downtown Erie. (Carmelo McLaurin)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Together<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC4552-480x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\"  \/>People come together downtown to peacefully protest while performers engage with the crowd to show unity. (Carmelo McLaurin)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Chant<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26179\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC4558-480x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\"  \/>Women holds up her poster while singing a song with the performer showing unity. (Carmelo McLaurin)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Views<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC4559-480x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\"  \/>Group of protesters standing together while capturing different perspectives from the audience. (Carmelo McLaurin)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Signs<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC4562-480x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\"  \/>Women point while giving direction to somebody about a specific table at the protest while holding up her poster. (Carmelo McLaurin)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Flags<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC4564-480x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\"  \/>Flags were waved throughout the area showing love for the country and peaceful protesting. (Carmelo McLaurin)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 1, 2026\/Midnight Erie, PA. \u2013 Hundreds gathered in downtown Erie on Saturday, March 28, for the \u201cNo&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154941,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-154940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}