South Dakota Searchlight
Nationwide protests against the Trump administration are planned this Saturday, including in South Dakota cities.
“No Kings” is the theme of the protests, which will coincide with President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday, Flag Day and the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary military parade in Washington, D.C. The D.C. events will cost an estimated $25 million to $45 million, according to Army spokesperson Heather Hagan, though the price tag for the parade alone was not specified.
Protest organizers are calling attention to what they describe as the Trump administration’s authoritarian overreach.
“They’ve defied our courts, deported Americans, disappeared people off the streets, attacked our civil rights, and slashed our services,” the No Kings website reads. “The corruption has gone too far. No thrones. No crowns. No kings.”
The No Kings website lists the following protests planned in South Dakota:
- Spearfish: 11 a.m. Mountain time at North Main Street and West Jackson Street.
- Rapid City (hosted by Indivisible Rapid City): noon Mountain at 300 Sixth Street.
- Rapid City (hosted by 50501 South Dakota): 1:30 p.m. Mountain at 1510 W. Omaha St.
- Pierre: 12:30 p.m. Central at 500 E. Capitol Ave.
- Watertown: 11 a.m. Central at 211 E. Kemp Ave.
- Brookings: 1 p.m. at Sixth Street and 17th Avenue.
- Sioux Falls: 11 a.m. Central at 300 N. Minnesota Ave.
- Yankton: 10:30 a.m. Central at 2000 Douglas Ave.
- Chamberlain: 10 a.m. Central at 100 King Street and Main Street.
“No Kings” is part of the 50501 Movement, founded to protest the Trump administration. Partners include the American Civil Liberties Union, 350 Action, Climate Defenders, Greenpeace, Human Rights Campaign, Vote Save America and many other advocacy groups.