"On July 14th crowds of people marched in every state in opposition to the 250th birthday celebration of the Army and Trump’s 79th birthday, and to bring awareness to Trump’s decisions surrounding immigration laws, attempts to end social security, rolling back environmental regulations, and tariffs."--Vanessa Schulte, 6th grade
On July 14th, crowds of people marched in every state in opposition to the 250th birthday celebration of the Army and Trump’s 79th birthday, and to bring awareness to Trump’s decisions surrounding immigration laws, attempts to end social security, rolling back environmental regulations, and tariffs. These factors have made lots of people angry, but the most infuriating part to many Americans is the fear that Trump is becoming a king.
On this day, there were at least 50 protests. Time Magazine reported that, “One such partner is the grassroots movement 50501, which stands for “50 protests, 50 states, 1 day.” 50501 developed a foundation for the day and the idea for a large protest throughout 50 states, though there were more unconfirmed parades. In California, there were parades in Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale, Santa Cruz, Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, and Roseville.
“There were thousands of hundreds of people on that day, I didn’t see anybody on that day [being violent], out of all the people I saw, and sometimes large groups will do dumb things. I didn't witness any of that,” says Greg Schulte, who shared his observations about the San Francisco protest. Many of the protests were peaceful. He saw lots of people with signs expressing their disapproval. “The most common signs were probably 'No Kings' or '---- Trump,'” said Chris Cassady, who attended the Seattle Protest.
“I liked one that said ‘No Kings, just a lousy Joker,’” said Cassidy. Most of the signs were creative, but a small amount of sarcastic or offensive comments on things like Trump's appearance and intelligence.
Aside from the signs, “Lawmakers, union leaders, and activists gave speeches in cities like New York, Philadelphia, and Houston waving American flags and signs critical of Trump,’’ wrote BBC News.
Trump wasn’t ecstatic about these protests and claimed “people that want to protest will be met with big force,” saying that the participants of the protest are “people that hate our country,” according to Time Magazine.
The BBC posted a video on the parades across the country including one in LA. where gas clouded the streets and an officer throwing something and someone on the ground surrounded by officers.
However, protest organizers worked hard to keep these protests controlled and peaceful. Many people donated to charity organizations of union leaders to help the protest, and to keep it controlled. Nancy Schulte works with an organization for her town, Traverse City, that helped fundraise to contribute to all the protests so they could see e larger results.
“Research has shown that if you have 3.5% of your local population that shows up for one of these protests, that tends to be a large enough number that it can actually be a better outcome,” Schulte explained. She continued to explain that citizens can make change even if a protest is peaceful, because they’re still attending, which shows that they care. The peaceful protests had such a good outcome, that another protest will occur on October 18th .
No Kings was extremely successful because of its size. It is listed as the 3rd biggest protest in American History.
“I think the size is really important and the fact that there were hundreds of thousands of people. San Francisco is a huge city and when a protest like that is held and few people show up, you feel really defeated, but the fact that all those people showed up was important. Just by being there, these people are willing to get up, get out of bed, fight the traffic, showing that so many people cared about this cause, leading to a larger result,” said Greg Schulte.
“The only way to make change is with consistent protest so that it is not easily forgotten,” said Cassidy.
Even though Trump won the election, people never stopped showing how much they cared about their country’s rights and were willing to protest, and not just one person, hundreds of thousands of people.
“We found it very encouraging. When we were watching the TV at home we were like ‘Wait, is this the way our country is going?’ and when we went to this protest and saw thousands of other people there feeling the same way,” Nancy Schulte said, explaining that she felt part of something bigger, just by attending.
She went on to say that No Kings isn’t just about not having a king in America, but having a democracy in which people can freely express their patriotism and be proud of their country, no matter their gender, nationality, class, or type, they can be proud of where they live and have freedom to express their themselves in America.
On this day, there were at least 50 protests. Time Magazine reported that, “One such partner is the grassroots movement 50501, which stands for “50 protests, 50 states, 1 day.” 50501 developed a foundation for the day and the idea for a large protest throughout 50 states, though there were more unconfirmed parades. In California, there were parades in Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale, Santa Cruz, Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, and Roseville.
“There were thousands of hundreds of people on that day, I didn’t see anybody on that day [being violent], out of all the people I saw, and sometimes large groups will do dumb things. I didn't witness any of that,” says Greg Schulte, who shared his observations about the San Francisco protest. Many of the protests were peaceful. He saw lots of people with signs expressing their disapproval. “The most common signs were probably 'No Kings' or '---- Trump,'” said Chris Cassady, who attended the Seattle Protest.
“I liked one that said ‘No Kings, just a lousy Joker,’” said Cassidy. Most of the signs were creative, but a small amount of sarcastic or offensive comments on things like Trump's appearance and intelligence.
Aside from the signs, “Lawmakers, union leaders, and activists gave speeches in cities like New York, Philadelphia, and Houston waving American flags and signs critical of Trump,’’ wrote BBC News.
Trump wasn’t ecstatic about these protests and claimed “people that want to protest will be met with big force,” saying that the participants of the protest are “people that hate our country,” according to Time Magazine.
The BBC posted a video on the parades across the country including one in LA. where gas clouded the streets and an officer throwing something and someone on the ground surrounded by officers.
However, protest organizers worked hard to keep these protests controlled and peaceful. Many people donated to charity organizations of union leaders to help the protest, and to keep it controlled. Nancy Schulte works with an organization for her town, Traverse City, that helped fundraise to contribute to all the protests so they could see e larger results.
“Research has shown that if you have 3.5% of your local population that shows up for one of these protests, that tends to be a large enough number that it can actually be a better outcome,” Schulte explained. She continued to explain that citizens can make change even if a protest is peaceful, because they’re still attending, which shows that they care. The peaceful protests had such a good outcome, that another protest will occur on October 18th .
No Kings was extremely successful because of its size. It is listed as the 3rd biggest protest in American History.
“I think the size is really important and the fact that there were hundreds of thousands of people. San Francisco is a huge city and when a protest like that is held and few people show up, you feel really defeated, but the fact that all those people showed up was important. Just by being there, these people are willing to get up, get out of bed, fight the traffic, showing that so many people cared about this cause, leading to a larger result,” said Greg Schulte.
“The only way to make change is with consistent protest so that it is not easily forgotten,” said Cassidy.
Even though Trump won the election, people never stopped showing how much they cared about their country’s rights and were willing to protest, and not just one person, hundreds of thousands of people.
“We found it very encouraging. When we were watching the TV at home we were like ‘Wait, is this the way our country is going?’ and when we went to this protest and saw thousands of other people there feeling the same way,” Nancy Schulte said, explaining that she felt part of something bigger, just by attending.
She went on to say that No Kings isn’t just about not having a king in America, but having a democracy in which people can freely express their patriotism and be proud of their country, no matter their gender, nationality, class, or type, they can be proud of where they live and have freedom to express their themselves in America.
