{"id":56406,"date":"2025-06-15T01:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T05:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=56406"},"modified":"2025-06-15T01:01:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T05:01:00","slug":"protesters-end-up-at-munn-park-as-part-of-no-kings-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/06\/15\/protesters-end-up-at-munn-park-as-part-of-no-kings-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters end up at Munn Park as part of \u201cNo Kings\u201d day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Photos\u00a0by\u00a0Tom Hagerty Photography<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a hot and humid Saturday afternoon, about 1300 anti-Trump protesters braved the heat and took advantage of any shade they could find to make a stand in downtown Lakeland.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cThis is so exciting to see such a diverse group, of different ages. I see different languages on different signs,\u201d said one of the protest organizers. \u201cAnd I see so much creativity and so much passion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They gathered in Munn Park as part of a nationwide movement known as \u201cNo Kings\u201d day, a series of protests targeting what they see as overreach by President Donald Trump and his administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After gathering in the park, protesters took to the streets and took a lap around part of downtown Lakeland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officers from the Lakeland Police Department kept a close eye on the protest and, as it moved through the city, blocked roads and alleyways to keep protesters safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the protesters, Benjamin Rios, who donned a tricorn hat and colonial uniform, risked his health to be there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy friends tried to convince me not to come, just because I had a stroke two months ago,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, he showed up anyway, wearing his costume, an American flag, and carrying his sign.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cWell, the sign probably says it all, \u2018No Kings.\u2019 And also, just everything he\u2019s doing against other branches of government, to where he just does what he wants, and we can\u2019t have that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lakeland Gazette spotted a couple of groups of counter-protesters, which drove by the protest in pick-up trucks. Passengers in those vehicles held signs in support of President Trump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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