By Kevin Hendricks — Organizers of Albuquerque’s “NO KINGS” rally are planning for more than 37,000 people to participate in a planned 3-mile march and rally on Saturday – prompting police to issue warnings of impromptu road closures along some of the city’s busiest thoroughfares.
The “NO KINGS” movement began in 2025 and has since expanded into a national “sustained resistance” effort. Local organizers stated their goal for Saturday is to draw the largest protest crowd in Albuquerque history which they pegged at 37,000 during rallies in Downtown last year.
Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams and U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury are set to headline the rally at Montgomery Park. Abrams, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee and founder of Fair Fight, will be joined by New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez.
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The march will begin at 11 a.m. at Montgomery Park, located at 5510 Ponderosa Ave. NE.
Participants will travel west on Comanche Road to San Mateo Boulevard, then north to Montgomery Boulevard before heading back to the park via Louisiana Boulevard. A shorter turnaround option will be available via San Pedro Drive for those not completing the full loop…