It is official, according to the San Diego Police Department and the Union-Tribune: 60,000 plus people demonstrated in downtown San Diego Saturday, June 14, for “No Kings Day!” Times of San Diego and KPBS also repeated this number. Organizers claimed 80,000. Also, police reported there were no arrests.
Meanwhile, literally millions of Americans took to the streets in opposition to Trump and his policies in at least 2,000 actions.
There were also 10 other “No Kings Day” protests across San Diego County, including events in Carlsbad, Del Mar, Chula Vista, Escondido, El Cajon, Mira Mesa, Rancho Bernardo, Civita Park, Ramona and San Marcos. Times of San Diego reported “about 1,000” in Mira Mesa and organizers estimated 3,000 in Escondido.
See this short video from downtown San Diego by Charles Landon.
Here are more photos from Saturday — they’re mainly of individual signs. The first batch is from Byron Morton.
Here’s another batch from Paul Krueger.
Sunday: We just posted more photos from Saturday plus a short video.
Patty and I went to a potluck in OB of a dozen OBceans last night and at least half of them had attended the protest in DT San Diego. Yalza!