{"id":10066,"date":"2025-10-18T18:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T18:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/10066\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T18:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T18:19:08","slug":"austin-no-kings-protests-where-when-demonstrations-taking-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/10066\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin &#8216;No Kings&#8217; protests: Where, when demonstrations taking place"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets nationwide as part of the nationwide &#8220;No Kings&#8221; movement and protests are also happening right here in Central Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The protest is organized by &#8220;Hands off Central Texas&#8221;, an Austin-based civics and first amendment nonprofit.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Event organizer Sophia Mirto says today&#8217;s protest will start with a rally at the Capitol at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/498E4F6ACAC0FF190435E29B6C5FD707.jpg\" alt=\"No Kings protest to take place in Austin\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-7a5d4fdb=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">&#8220;If for some reason, our Capitol permit doesn&#8217;t get honored, we&#8217;ll be outside the front gates on Congress and 11th Street. We have a march permit, so the street will be shut down for safety and all the people that will be marching. And we&#8217;re going to be marching down Congress Avenue, taking a right on Cesar Chavez and a left on the south 1st Street bridge, where everyone will end up at Auditorium Shores,&#8221; said Mirto.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Mirto says speakers, food trucks, and music will all be at Auditorium Shores.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">&#8220;The last No Kings Day here in the heart of Texas, we had 20 to 25,000 people come out. And Saturday, we&#8217;re expecting 20 to 30,000,&#8221; said Mirto.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Governor Greg Abbott has announced the deployment of National Guard troopers and DPS troopers ahead of Saturday\u2019s protest, saying it\u2019s to ensure the safety of Texans and their property.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Mayor Kirk Watson confirmed the National Guard members won\u2019t be patrolling the street but will be ready to assist if needed.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">&#8220;Our department has been very accommodating to make sure that we help people express their first amendment rights in a peaceful manner so that way they can exercise their rights. However, that does not include criminal behavior,&#8221; said Michael Bullock, with Austin Police Association.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information from Hands Off Central Texas and interview with Sonia Mirto as well as previous reporting by Jenna King.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/travis-county\/austin\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Austin<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets nationwide as part of the nationwide &#8220;No&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,223,394,216,393],"class_list":{"0":"post-10066","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-travis-county","13":"tag-tx","14":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}