A No Kings Field Report
Montgomery, AL.
I was going to post about this yesterday, but was instead focused on the tragedy in Minnesota. However, here is a quick report on yesterday.
My wife and I attend the No Kings rally in downtown Montgomery, AL held right across from the historic capitol building where Jefferson Davis took the oath of office as President of the CSA.
I would guestimate at least 300 in attendance, although I am no expert on crowd size. It was a beautiful, but quite sunny and warm day, so a lot of folks were standing in shaded areas, including a canopy of large trees that obscured the people standing under them from my vantage point. For Montgomery, Alabama, this felt like a good turnout to me.
The crowd was interracial and intergenerational, although it was predominantly White, and I would say that it was skewed toward middle-aged and older overall.
The state is, of course, majority Republican, having voted roughly 65% for Trump, although Montgomery County voted the opposite, about 65% for Harris.
The event was peaceful and was mainly a series of speeches and some political chants. There was a reading from part of the Declaration of Independence, a group Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, and a group oath of office to uphold the US Constitution. You know, as crazy leftists do.
There was a counter-protest of three guys holding a large Trump 2024 flag across the street, and twice three other pro-Trump types walking through the rally obnoxioulsy trying to be disruptive.
Here are a few photos. Nothing fancy, as I did not bring my real camera, but just took iPhone shots.
The counter-protest:
Thanks for sharing. Seriously, many thanks.
ETA, the camera is just the tool. The photographer’s vision creates.
Here’s some photos from Houston:
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/2025/no-kings-protest-photos/
From Houston suburbs ( Cypress where I live):
In addition, there was this comment:
That law enforcement response, more than anything else, gives me hope.
In the Show-Me State Missouri Governor Kehoe called out the National Guard.
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Reports of the ghost of Ozark Hillbilly in the crowds are unconfirmed.
We attended at a rather small city of 200,000k. I put the No Kings crowd size at 3,000+ at any given moment while we were there, with more arriving for events. Additional participants included a nonstop stream of supporters in vehicles passing around the event.
This was larger than I anticipated.
St Pete No Kings was big; lined a major intersection hundreds of yards, both sides of both streets for hundreds of yards. Lots of positive honking & waving from passing motorists.
Had a thought watching the cameras being used by the thousands, that in 1970 the picture takers were the FBI.
How things change and stay the same.
60K+ in downtown San Diego. People of every age and race filled the 1.5 mile route we all walked. Police presence was very small and all the interactions with them I saw were friendly. After the official event, a lot of “protesters” spilled into downtown restaurants to enjoy a beautiful day.
I’ve written a bit here at OTB of late bristling at the extrapolation of Trump’s narrow, polarity win to a broader indictment of the American people – as though Trump’s claims of a mandate for a MAGA US wasn’t utter BS and unfair to the “all but enough” who voted against the scumbag. I have to say my experience yesterday – widely shared by all accounts – felt like an affirmation. No Kings was a great day for the country I believe in.
Favorite sign of the day: “Uphold the Constitution so I don’t have to hold up this sign!”
In Chicago for a family event but couldn’t make it to the big rally downtown, so ended up at a very busy street corner on in a suburb. 600-700 people and the cars streaming past were EXTREMELY supportive. I thought I would go deaf from all the beeping.
I attended the event in Madrid, NM (pronounced “MAA’-drid”), a very small unincorporated town about 20 miles south of Santa Fe. About 70-80 folks, smiling, upbeat and pleased to make the effort.
I rode my motorcycle through the protest in Pullman, WA and of the several protests I’ve seen in town it was by far the biggest. I honked my horn and raised my fist in solidarity.
Over one million people showed up on Boston Common yesterday for the combined Pride/No Kings rallies.
@CSK:..one million…
Did anyone bring tea to throw into the harbor?
A notice from the “Chairman of the Committee for Tarring and Feathering” in Boston,..
@Mister Bluster:
AFAIK, no one brought tea. It seems to have been a high-spirited but pretty civilized affair. The governor, Maura Healy, marched for Pride. Only three arrests: two for disorderly conduct and one for throwing a water bottle at a cop. That’s pretty good for a gathering of one million plus.
Nice to see large, successful, and peaceful protests with a clear and popular message. Hopefully, this continues and expands into a movement or something that can generate even more political influence.
We had a good crowd and lots of positive response at my small-town northern Michigan protest alongside the local highway — it went for blocks all the way to the only stoplight in the county. (The town is Benzonia for those who know it.).
Some random observations: I was again struck by the age of the protesters. 60-year-olds were on the young side. And the supportive responses also trended older. Young families were either focused on the road or focused on taking video. My assumptions about people who drive pickups was wrong — many were demonstrably in favor of our protest. Old men seemed angry.
All in all a good day.