Thousands of protesters marched at the City City, going out to the streets to protest against the administration of President Donald Trump as part of the national rallies “No Kings” among the tight landscape, which appeared as a result of the incendiary anti-ice protests not only in Los Angeles, but here in Philadelphia.
But 140 miles in Washington in Washington, Trump himself celebrates its 79th birthday, which coincides not only with the flagship day, but this year the 250th anniversary of the American Army service. A controversial military parade costing about $ 45 million It means the anniversary of the army and although Trump denied the claims that the event has a kind of birthday party, critics and organizers of “No Kings” protests, they say differently.
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The “No Kings” event is a “direct answer” to the “self -free” Trump military parade, said the organizers of the 50501 movement, a national group that organized demonstrations. Locally, the Penn & Franklin chapter of the United States Association also celebrates the 250th birthday of the army with its own series of events.
The protest in Philadelphia, which is a kind of flagship demonstration among the national events of “No Kings”, is the second rally in the city since the office in January Trump, and the organizers encouraged participants to manage here instead of DC, where there will be no formal march.
The demonstrators began to gather in Love Park around 10 am on Saturday before the planned march to Philadelphia Museum of Art. The climbing of the president and ice deportation, including one suggesting “regime Trump” needed “to go”.
“We all have to do something because he is excessively earning,” said Howard Trubman, repairing the Phillies hat.
The march appears only a few days after a dozen or so anti-ice demonstrators were arrested after a clash with police officers in the Center City during a protest, which included about 150 participants, the police informed. And in the suburbs in Philadelphia, over 20 people in Norristown have been arrested by immigration and customs enforcement since the beginning of June.
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The protest in Philadelphia on Saturday also appeared in connection with the growing protests in Los Angeles, where Trump sent the soldiers of the National Guard of California to confront protesters against ice activities regarding reservations on the part of democratic leaders in California.
Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro said he would question all attempts to do the same in Keystone. However, it is apparently expected that ICE tactical units will be arranged in many cities run by Democrats in relation to “No Kings” protests, including in Philadelphia.
Local officials said, however, that they were expecting a still, legal demonstration on Saturday.
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“Philadelphia is ready for this weekend,” said the mayor of Cherelle L. Parker on Thursday at the City Hall press conference. “But we want to be equally clear: the Department of Police in Philadelphia will maintain public security and order on our streets and our districts, because it is their mission.”
Meanwhile, District Prosecutor Larry Krasner said that the home of violence participating in Saturday’s march will be protected. But those who break the law said on Thursday will have to meet the consequences.
“If you are trying to take advantage of the situation, you will get what you get,” he said. “If you do what Martin Luther King would do, everything will be fine.”
“There is no violence here,” said Denise Trubman when the march began. “We are people, seniors, parents and children.”
