More than 1,000 protesters gathered in the Denton Square for the No Kings protest on June 14. Demonstrators marched along on the sidewalk encircling the courthouse while others rallied on the lawn holding signs, chanting, playing music and listening to guest speakers.
The Denton No Kings protest was part of a nationwide movement to “reject authoritarianism” in the President Donald Trump Administration, according to the No Kings website. The movement was scheduled the same day as Trump’s 79th birthday and the United States Army’s 250th Anniversary Parade in Washington, D.C.
“I can’t just sit here and watch this happen, there’s so many patterns repeating themselves,” said Megan Flores, an 18-year-old astrophysics student at the university. “We live in this bubble that is America and we don’t realize how f—d up it really is. I see my friends terrified of what might happen to them.”…