The event was one of more than 2,000 “No Kings” rallies held across the country on Saturday, protesting what organizers call “authoritarianism, billionaire-first politics, and the militarization of our democracy.

Thousands of "No Kings Day" protests are set to be held throughout the country on Saturday to protest the Trump administration.

A 33-mile trip from one protest in Annapolis, Md., to the parade grandstand in front of the White House was like a journey between two different countries.

A man who was believed to be part of a peacekeeping team for the “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City shot at a person who was brandishing a rifle at demonstrators, striking both the rifleman and a bystander who later died at the hospital,

Opponents of President Donald Trump’s administration are set to rally in nearly 2,000 cities and towns this weekend.

A bystander was fatally shot after security members at the demonstration confronted a man who was running toward the crowd with an AR-15-style rifle, the police said.

Raleigh had two demonstrations on Saturday as part of nationwide protests against President Trump and his policies.

Organizers of the “No Kings” demonstrations said millions had marched in hundreds of events. In Oregon, tens of thousands of people gathered in downtown Portland for two large protests -- one that began in Tom McCall Waterfront Park and the other at the Oregon Convention Center.

The anti-Trump protests in Austin remained peaceful, despite a 'credible threat' that forced a brief evacuation of the Texas Capitol complex.

"In America, we don't do kings," the No Kings website reads. "They've defied our courts, deported Americans, disappeared people off the streets, attacked our civil rights, and slashed our services. The corruption has gone too. far. [cq] No thrones. No crowns. No kings."

The "No Kings" protests were scheduled in Connecticut as early as 9:30 a.m. in Canton and Glastonbury and could last elsewhere until 6 p.m.

A man unlawfully armed with a gun was arrested during a No Kings rally in West Chester Saturday. Photos and video offer a grim picture of what happened Saturday at the 250th anniversary military parade in D.C. The post Sparse Attendance, Confusion and Disorganization: Dismal Scenes From Trump’s Military Parade appeared first on TheWrap.