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NBC Los Angeles on MSNWhat to know about ‘No Kings' protests in Los AngelesA week of demonstrations continues into the weekend in Los Angeles with events planned around the nationwide ‘No Kings’ protests. ‘No Kings’ events and other gatherings are expected in downtown Los Angeles,
In Los Angeles, 38 people were arrested downtown on Saturday night, police said Sunday. In Huntington Beach, police arrested a convicted felon they said had a loaded handgun.
No Kings” demonstrations marched in hundreds of cities on Saturday to protest what organizers describe as President Donald Trump’s authoritarian agenda, including recent immigration raids that have rattled communities across the country.
Police in Los Angeles, where protests over federal immigration enforcement raids erupted a week earlier and sparked demonstrations across the country, used tear gas and crowd-control munitions to clear out protesters on Saturday.
The American Civil Liberties Union said over 5 million people participated in protests against the Trump administration on June 14.
Detectives believe the victim was at the demonstration as a bystander and “was not the intended target of the gunfire.”
The Texas Department of Safety has arrested a man in connection with a “credible threat toward state legislators” attending Saturday's protest.
As the military presence ramped up in Los Angeles, communities are preparing for the largest protests against Trump since he took office.
Opponents of the president’s agenda are simultaneously rallying in hundreds of cities nationwide at “No Kings” protests following days of nationwide demonstrations against federal immigration raids, including in Los Angeles, where Trump deployed the National Guard and U.S. Marines against the wishes of California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The anti-Trump protests in Austin remained peaceful, despite a 'credible threat' that forced a brief evacuation of the Texas Capitol complex.