From left, Robin Luger and Woody Blue stand with handmade signs during the nationwide “Good Trouble” protest at Fred Cone Park in Gainesville, Fla., Thursday, July 17, 2025. “We’re doing what we can to show that there are a lot of people that disagree with the way the government is,” Blue said. “We’re expressing our opinion.” (Maria Avlonitis/WUFT News)
Dozens of Gainesville residents stood up for what they believed in on Thursday: good trouble.
Protesters gathered along University Avenue next to Fred Cone Park to join the nationwide “Good Trouble” protest from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Inspired by the late Congressman John Lewis, protest organizers said the display was a response to attacks on people’s “civil and human rights by the Trump administration.”…