Protesters are gathering in Kansas City’s Mill Creek Park and elsewhere in the metro for the second wave of No Kings rallies, part of a national movement to protest the actions of the Trump administration.
Beverly Harvey, founder of Indivisible Kansas City, said the movement wants to mobilize people to save democracy.
“We're not going to bow down to a dictator,” Harvey said. “We're going to rise up. We're going to grow bigger and stronger until this dictatorship is gone.”
The first No Kings protests were held four months ago. The ongoing government shutdown and immigration enforcement crackdowns across the country are some reasons why organizers believed another day of protest was necessary.
“They're going to extremes, you know, to empower the Trump regime and enrich themselves and their billionaire friends while cutting jobs and services to the rest of us,” Harvey said. “It's just gone too far.”
Harvey said the rallies on Saturday will allow protesters to speak out on a grander scale than President Donald Trump or his administration ever has.
“We're on track to make Saturday the biggest day of mass protests of our lifetimes, and all just to save democracy. And what a glorious day that's going to be,” Harvey said.
A group of counter-protesters also gathered across the street.
This story will be updated throughout the day.
