Santa Monicans gathered in Palisades Park for the third No Kings protest.
The event included comical signs, political speeches and advocacy by several community groups.
The Santa Monica gathering was one of more than 3,000 events that took place nationally Saturday under the No Kings banner, with the largest regional demonstration held in downtown Los Angeles.
The largest local event was at Gloria Molina Grand Park, across from Los Angeles City Hall organized by 50501 SoCal in partnership with more than 30 organizations, including SEIU, the ACLU, the Human Rights Campaign, Black Lives Matter Grassroots LA, United Teachers Los Angeles, the California Federation of Teachers and Indivisible, among others.
Organizers said the Los Angeles march was a direct response to federal immigration enforcement activity in the region, including ICE raids and the deployment of National Guard and U.S. Marine Corps personnel, and framed its demands around the impeachment and removal of the Trump administration and the abolition of ICE.
