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Memphians gathered in the Bluff City on Saturday, June 14, at Poplar and Highland for a protest organized by Indivisible Tennessee.
As anti-immigration protests increase across the country, here is what to know about your right to protest in Tennessee.
Protesters gathered Saturday morning in cities across Middle Tennessee as part of the nationwide “No Kings Day” demonstrations. In Nashville, rain showers did not stop over 1,000 attendees from gathering at Bicentennial Capital Mall Park,
The protests are part of a nationwide demonstration against President Donald Trump. The flagship “No Kings” march and rally are planned in Philadelphia, but no events are scheduled to take place in Washington, D.C., where amilitary parade will take place for Trump’s birthday.
Demonstrators are expected to gather at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. as part of the national No Kings protest movement.
The Republican supermajority has passed multiple measures related to protests, they say, to protect the public.
The peaceful Knoxville protest drew hundreds of East Tennesseans from different walks of life to Market Square on Friday evening before the group marched to the Howard H. Baker, Jr. U.S. Courthouse to demonstrate.
The Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC), the immigrant advocacy organization, CASA, priests, labor unions, and civil rights organizations held a press conference on the steps of the First Lutheran Church Friday morning. The purpose is to oppose all the immigration enforcement operations ordered by the Trump administration.