SAN ANTONIO — Travis Park is expected to fill up again Saturday afternoon as organizers prepare for the second “No Kings Day” protest.
50501 San Antonio is the organization holding the protest and their event organizer Alex Svehla say this weekend’s protest could exceed the 10,000 people who showed up last June.
“We don’t have any reason to expect otherwise right now,” said Svehla.
Organizers say the demonstration is meant to stand up against certain policies of the Trump administration, particularly its approach to immigration.
“We’ve never had a president joke about running for a third term since it became a constitutional amendment,” said Svehla.
The protest is being promoted as peaceful, and organizers say they’ve been in contact with the San Antonio Police Department who’s staff tells us department sent us officers will be stationed around the park to protect peaceful demonstrators.
Governor Greg Abbott announced he will be sending National Guard troops to Austin. We confirmed they will also be at the Alamo like they were in June.
Professor Geoffrey Corn, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and expert in military law, says the National Guard is distinctly different from active-duty forces.
“They train for a domestic mission, and many of them enlist in the National Guard because they feel a pride in being able to support the governor and state to protect the health, safety, and welfare of citizens,” said Corn.
Svehla says if the National Guard does make an appearance in San Antonio, his group doesn’t anticipate any issues.