With thousands of Americans showing up in 1,500 cities for “No Kings” protests, I wanted to know what motivated people.

The keynote speaker downtown was the former Trump associate Lev Parnas, who denounced the president's circle as a personality cult.

From the air and the ground thousands of people could be seen taking on their city streets to join the "No Kings Day" protest across the Bay Area.

Even the weather was riled up during Saturday’s “No Kings” march in Manhattan. Yet the steady drizzle couldn’t stop tens of thousands of New Yorkers from processing 15 blocks—from Bryant Park down to Madison Square Park—to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies.

Waving American flags and carrying homemade signs, thousands of people took part in a “No Kings Day” protest Saturday at the Idaho State Capitol.

Thousands of people attended Burlington, Vermont’s No Kings rally on Saturday. Speakers included the state’s Congressional representative and a Columbia University student that had been detained by ICE.

We want democracy,” Puck tells me, adding that the Pride March in Hollywood last weekend was “nothing but love and sunshine” despite protests and burning driverless cars making headlines in downtown.

Protesters across the United States have brandished placards declaring “no kings!” in recent days, keen to send a message one-man rule is not acceptable. The defeat of the forces of King George III in the United States’ revolutionary war of 1775–83 saw the end of royal rule in the US.