Crowds of Southern California community members have begun taking to the streets to participate in Saturday’s “No Kings” day of protest.
The grassroots protest movement began as a modest online slogan and has evolved into a nationwide campaign, with thousands of demonstrators expected to fill the streets of Los Angeles throughout the day.
The event, organized by 50501 SoCal, a regional chapter of a larger national coalition that promotes civic engagement and nonviolent protest, is taking place on the same day as a military celebration at Camp Pendleton that will be shutting down part of the 5 Freeway…