From Staff Reports
Based on estimates from local police departments and event organizers, more than 20,000 people turned out across the Metroplex on Saturday, Oct. 18, for “No King” rallies and marches.
That breaks down to 8,000-9,000 in Dallas (according to organizers; police estimated 3,000); 6,500 in Fort Worth; 1,400 in Arlington; 1,300 in Plano; 1,500-2,000 in Frisco and 400 in Garland.
Nation-wide, estimated attendance was nearly 7 million, and No King rallies were also held outside the U.S. Embassy in London and in Berlin, Rome, Paris, Sweden, Spain and Portugal.
There have been very few arrests or disturbances reported in connection with the protests.
DALLAS
One “No Kings” protester, a 61-year-old woman named Jeana Renea Gamble, was arrested outside the Baldwin Square Shopping Center in Fairhope, Ala., after police received a complaint about her costume. She was wearing a giant inflatable penis costume and carrying a sign that said “No Dick-Taters.”
FORT WORTH
There were scattered reports of problems in other locations, all of which appeared to center around right-wing agitators trying to instigate problems. In Fort Worth, there was a brief confrontation that occurred about a block away from the rally site toward the end of the event, as people were leaving. Individuals working as rally security saw a MAGA protester with a handgun on the street. When they asked him to leave, he got into a shouting match with one of the women and ended up shoving her, the woman told Dallas Voice.
Fort Worth Police were called to the scene, and ally security showed video of the confrontation to the officers, but police declined to arrest the armed man. t
Dallas No Kings photos courtesy of Matthew Jones and Robert Emery.
Fort Worth No Kings photos by Tammye Nash
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