Learn the law for protesters in Kansas and Missouri. Can you wear a mask to a protest in the Kansas City area? There are no statewide mask bans on the books in Missouri or Kansas,

Protests were held across Kansas City on Saturday. The largest, at Mill Creek Park in KCMO, drew thousands. KSHB 41’s Fe Silva filed this report.

The Kansas City Police Department adopted the policy in April 2021, nearly a year after the death of George Floyd.

While President Donald Trump attended a military parade he ordered on his birthday to recognize the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army in Washington, D.C., thousands of people in the Kansas City metro area flexed their First Amendment right Saturday to voice their opposition to polices of the Trump administration during the “No Kings” national day of defiance.

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe announced Thursday that he has activated the National Guard in anticipation of these protests.

At least one demonstration, about 70 miles from Washington, D.C., in Northern Virginia, was met with violence when a man intentionally drove an SUV through a crowd of departing protesters, striking at least one person,

Mike Kehoe’s order triggers a state of emergency due to civil unrest, even as no evidence existed of riots or other widespread violence in Missouri.

The “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City was struck by violence when a man allegedly brandished a rifle near the crowd