Six months after the first “No Kings” protest, another nationwide protest took place on Oct. 18. Multiple cities and towns hosted smaller protests of their own, including Homewood, Orland and Naperville.
Homewood citizens gathered around Halsted and Aurelio’s, where they protested from 1p.m. to 3p.m.. About 200 people were at the protest in Homewood.
The first protest was about President Donald Trump allegedly wanting to become a king going into a dictator state of control which is going against democracy. According to Britannica, “The protests were called No Kings’ rallies in reference to Trump’s allegedly antidemocratic policies, especially in light of tensions surrounding his administration’s crackdown on immigration and the president’s own statements about being a king.”…