{"id":18301,"date":"2026-01-28T10:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T10:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/no-kings-3-nationwide-protest-planned-for-march\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T10:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T10:02:14","slug":"no-kings-3-nationwide-protest-planned-for-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/no-kings-3-nationwide-protest-planned-for-march\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No Kings 3\u2019 nationwide protest planned for March"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The group behind the nationwide \u201cNo Kings\u201d protests are planning their fourth demonstration of President Donald Trump\u2019s second term \u2014 and are anticipating even greater turnout than their earlier rallies.<\/p>\n

Ezra Levin, a rally organizer and the co-founder of the progressive group Indivisible, said in an interview that the planned \u201cNo Kings 3\u201d protest on March 28 is in response to a \u201csecret police force terrorizing American communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is unfortunately not a surprise to us that this lawless police force is committing crimes all across the country and that people are standing up to it,\u201d said Levin. \u201cOur goal is safeguarding American democracy, protecting our communities and the people who are under threat by this regime.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nationwide protests have become a staple of both of President Donald Trump\u2019s terms. Indivisible estimated 3 million protesters turned out for its \u201cHands Off\u201d rally in April 2025, while 5 million showed up in June as part of the first \u201cNo Kings\u201d protest and 7 million for the second \u201cNo Kings\u201d demonstration in October.<\/p>\n

Organizers said they are aiming for nearly 9 million people to turn out in March.<\/p>\n

Levin said that Indivisible had been planning the upcoming protest since before Renee Good was shot and killed by an immigration officer in Minnesota earlier this month, calling what is unfolding in the Midwestern state<\/a> is \u201ctragic and horrific.\u201d A second person, Alex Pretti, was killed by Border Patrol agents<\/a> on Saturday not far from where Good died.<\/p>\n

Still, Levin said, it is \u201cinspiring and gives me hope that while this regime and many political leaders even outside this regime are cowards or fascist sympathizers, people on the ground aren’t putting up with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump and his GOP allies have not been fans of the demonstrations. Ahead of the October marches \u2014 which took place amid the government shutdown \u2014 Speaker Mike Johnson called them \u201chate America\u201d rallies<\/a>, and Trump\u2019s \u201cwar room\u201d account posted a mocking picture of the president wearing a crown<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Levin said the organizers are taking safety precautions, including holding de-escalation training sessions. On Monday, the group held a session on non-violent documentation techniques for the public. And at the last \u201cNo Kings\u201d protest, Levin said Indivisible trained thousands of volunteer marshals, emphasizing non-violent principles.<\/p>\n

The tactics have a proven track record, Levin argued, with major cities reporting zero arrests<\/a> during the last \u201cNo Kings\u201d demonstration.<\/p>\n

Still, Levin said, he can\u2019t guarantee there aren\u2019t risks to participating.<\/p>\n

\u201cBased on how the regime is behaving, the fact of the matter is, everybody should worry about it,\u201d he said. \u201cI can’t guarantee that there isn\u2019t a risk involved to show up and exercise your constitutional rights. It’s a terrible thing to have to say in 2026 in America, but it’s the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The group behind the nationwide \u201cNo Kings\u201d protests are planning their fourth demonstration of President Donald Trump\u2019s second term \u2014 and are anticipating even greater turnout than their earlier rallies. Ezra Levin, a rally organizer and the co-founder of the progressive group Indivisible, said in an interview that the planned \u201cNo Kings 3\u201d protest on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18301\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}