Redding residents who oppose what they say is the Trump administration’s overreach for power and suppression of opposing voices, will join a nationwide effort to protest those actions.
The No Kings/Kick Out the Clowns demonstration is scheduled at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 14, at Redding City Hall.
While No Kings demonstrations happened in Redding since February, Saturday’s Flag Day event follows protests in Los Angeles that began over immigration enforcement actions, escalating when the Trump administration mobilized the California National Guard and the US Marines.
Known as the No Kings Nationwide Day of Defiance, Saturday’s demonstrations aim to divert attention from a military parade in Washington, D.C., which protesters say President Donald Trump is using for self-promotion. The parade, which celebrates the 250th anniversary of the US Army, coincides with the president’s 79th birthday.
“This country doesn’t belong to a king, and we’re not letting him throw himself a tax-payer funded parade while slashing our rights and programs our families depend on,” said No Kings supporters on the Shasta Coalition website, a local group that helps raise awareness, and sometimes organizes, grassroots efforts in Redding.
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Shasta Coalition bills itself as a “nonpartisan coalition of Democrats, Republicans and Independents dedicated to non-violent interactions, the rule of law, equity, justice and patriotism towards our great country.”
No Kings demonstrations planned in Siskiyou, Trinity, Modoc and Butte counties
Redding’s demonstration coincides with similar No Kings protests planned in other North State counties, including ones in Weaverville, Salyer, Mount Shasta, Yreka, Alturus, Susanville, Crescent City, Chico, Quincy, Grass Valley, Truckee, Eureka and Petrolia, according to NoKings.org.
Saturday’s is the latest of a string of No Kings and similar demonstrations in Redding since the beginning of February, about two weeks after Trump took office on Jan. 20.
Redding demonstrators are also hosting a food drive to help stock food banks, according to planners. People can bring a non-perishable food item to donate.
Brooke McGowen, left, and Heinz Patatzki show signs to motorists during an anti-Trump demonstration at the intersection of Court Street and Eureka Way in Redding on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025.
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