Anti-Trump demonstrators | “No kings” chanted across the country

(New York) from New York in Los Angeles, crowds of demonstrators paraded on Saturday in the major cities of the United States to protest against the policy of Donald Trump, around the rallying cry “No Kings” (“no kings”), the greatest mobilization since the return of the Republican.

Nearly 2,000 gatherings had been announced, the day the American president, who celebrated his 79th birthday on Saturday, attended thousands of spectators with a military parade, a very rare event in the United States.

In the rain in New York, tens of thousands of people wearing waterproof coats with umbrellas paraded on the 5th^e avenue. In a hubbub of drums and cries of joy, the immense crowd chanted “Hey hey, oh oh, Donald Trump has been to go! “(” Donald Trump must go! “).

“It is essential for us to show that democracy is still strong in this country, that people feel it. We also want to show our children that when we think of this period of history when democracy was threatened, we have chosen to participate, “said Vikas Mehta, a 45 -year -old doctor who came to demonstrate with his wife and two children.

“Sad and indignant”

In this rather family atmosphere, a man walked with a photo montage by Marilyn Monroe addressing his famous “Happy Birthday Mr. President”. But this time, she displayed a finger of honor.

“I am here because I am sad and indignant by the way in which this administration destroys the ideals of the American Constitution and commits many illegal and immoral acts,” deplored Polly Shulman, 62 -year -old museum employee.

Which shocks it most: “the illegal expulsions of residents respectful of the law which have done nothing wrong and which are entitled to legal procedure”, and “which are sent to prisons, where torture is practiced, in foreign countries”.

In March, the Trump administration expelled more than 250 men to Salvador, most of them for alleged belonging to the Venezuelan gang Tren in Aragua, declared organization “terrorist” by Washington. They were incarcerated in a high security prison known for the harshness of its conditions.

New York police reported a few incidents at an annexed rally against immigration police, and four people were arrested for embarrassed traffic and for violent driving.

“Inhuman”

In Los Angeles, marked in recent days by rallies against the brutal arrests of immigrants who have spread across the country, demonstrators have remained static in front of federal buildings, shouting “You are not welcome” to the officers of the National Guard, deployed by Donald Trump against the advice of local Democratic authorities.

Iris Rodriguez, 44, explained that his family arrived in the undocumented United States. “If it was my mother, if we were in the 80s, that’s what would happen to her. How could I not come and support other people who love their family? “She said in front of the town hall of Los Angeles.

The police used tear gas and the mounted police intervened to disperse a small crowd which had gathered in front of a federal building in the city center.

In Virginia, a man has “intentionally” dark with his car on a group of demonstrators who left the rally, according to the police, without injury.

Protesters have also gathered elsewhere in the United States, Atlanta, Boston and Houston. In this big city in Texas, Matthew, a 34 -year -old teacher, denounced the “inhuman” migration policy which “tears up people from their family”.

“We had children who were no longer going to school because their family had seen Ice (the immigration police) in the neighborhood,” said this Texan who did not wish to give his full name.

In this movement, Donald Trump had promised to answer with “very great strength”, the White House having later assured that the president remained “favorable to peaceful demonstrations”.