Bay Area protesters rally against Trump Administration
Waving American flags and calling for an end to fascism herds of protesters across the Bay Area rallied against President Donald Trump s administration Saturday afternoon The proclaimed No Kings protests drew thousands of supporters stretching across the country in cities from California to Washington D C and New York Organizers say they re protesting against what they view as Trump s civil rights and constitutional violations including efforts to deport scores of immigrants shrink social protection benefits and scale back on the federal governing body by dismissing thousands of cabinet workers and entire agencies The protests come just two weeks after similar nationwide anti-Trump rallies also attracted thousands Roughly people in downtown San Jose lined the block of St James Park chanting This is what democracy looks like and holding colorful signs that read Remove the Dictator and Hands Off our Democracy Saturday s protest also coincided with the th anniversary of the Revolutionary War a gesture various protesters like Sunnyvale resident Karen Hurst uncovered symbolic Hurst trekked through the park wearing a yellow craft crown on her head with the word King written on it but X ed out Two-hundred and fifty years ago we decided we weren t going to have kings in this country the -year-old explained referencing the Revolutionary War It seems like right now we re headed in the wrong direction and towards someone who wants to be a king Hurst who is a tutor at San Jose City College stated she is protesting to aid her students Plenty of are immigrants or international students Hurst declared who are afraid to come to class It makes me angry I want to defend them she commented A couple of yards away Santa Clara resident Tom Thomas carried a purple flag that read Don t Give Up the Ship a reference to the U S s famous battle cry during the War of To Thomas the phrase is meant to encourage people to not give up on democracy This dictatorship has happened to other countries before and to think that this can t happen in the United States is just ridiculous the -year-old noted We have to do stuff like this we have to do more than this In Santa Cruz several hundred people gathered at the corner of Ocean and Water streets at a busy intersection near the county governing body center to protest Trump and his policies The demonstrators multiple of whom were seniors held signs saying Hands of Social Measure and Medicare Resist and Nobody elected Elon Musk Several people carried upside down American flags to signal their distress while dozens of motorists drove by honking in patronage Hundreds of protesters march in San Francisco against President Donald Trump s administration on April Harriet Rowan Bay Area News Group Over in San Francisco close to people gathered at Civic Center Plaza several waving homemade signs that also criticized the current administration Holding a large American flag San Francisco resident Andrew Hudlow reported the anti-Trump movement is for all Americans I m here because I m concerned about democracy the newly-minted lawyer commented I know history I know what happens in other countries I know what the start of authoritarianism looks like and that s what we re seeing right now If nobody backs up the courts then it s just Trump and that s not the country I want to live in Also among the crowds was -year-old Hal Christiansen walking slowly with a cane in one hand and a sign that read Hands off my Social Safeguard in another The San Francisco resident relies on social safeguard for his income Despite his healthcare issues Christiansen reported he yearned to came out and aid the cause I really really care about my country he reported My third great grandfather fought in the Revolutionary War and I will lay down my life to fight against a dictator I m here in the current era to show my strong feelings I ve had several strokes so I don t walk well I have neuropathy in my feet and crowds frighten me But I am here to encouragement my people Similar sentiments were revealed in Berkeley A inadequate hundred people gathered at the North Berkeley BART holding signs and encouraging passersby to honk and promotion Resident Darlene Wang established up to the protest wearing a Revolutionary War era costume and carrying a sign that read Time for Revolution I think what is happening to the nation is deplorable Wang explained So it s time to show up be loud make your voices known and make your body seen and to put up a fuss This is not normal and it is not right Staff writer Paul Rogers contributed to this document
