Thousands of Fort Collins community members gathered on the Lory Student Center Plaza Saturday morning to join in the nationwide “No Kings” protest, marking one of the largest statewide demonstrations since the 2020 social justice protests, according to Colorado Public Radio.
The demonstration, organized locally by IndivisibleNOCO, was held in response to a series of actions by President Donald Trump that many viewed as authoritarian threats to U.S. democracy.
“You can’t do all of these things that are unconstitutional and expect that we are going to sit back and take it,” said Sara Leu, a representative of IndivisibleNOCO. “We are going to defend our democracy. We are going to demand dignity. We are going to continue to say ‘enough’ to the power grab.”…