An estimated 75,000 people showed up in downtown Chicago on Saturday, June 15, as part of a national wave of protests called “No Kings”—coinciding with Flag Day, President Donald Trump’s birthday, and a D.C. parade honoring the 250th anniversary of the Army.
Families, community groups, activists, and voters showed up to advocate for a variety of issues, from taxing the rich, to a ceasefire in Gaza, and the Trump administration’s actions that increasingly resemble a dictatorship, such as the deployment of the National Guard and the Marines in Los Angeles against the wishes of city and state officials.
In this and in smaller demonstrations this month, immigration advocates protested ICE’s fear campaign and detention tactics in Chicago and Cook County. The most recent display of excessive power had ICE agents summoning compliant immigrants wearing ankle monitors to an office in the South Loop and disappearing them for days before confirming they were being sent to detention centers out of state.
The local No Kings protest was mostly peaceful, with no more than a dozen arrests by Chicago police and no incidents.
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Paul Goyette is an independent protest photographer and Jacqueline Serrato is the Weekly’s editor in chief.