The largely peaceful protests during the "No Kings Day" demonstration in downtown Los Angeles took an intense turn in the afternoon. Police ordered the crowd to disperse at about 4:15 p.m. PDT near Alameda Street and Temple Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department's Central Division.

The ‘No Kings’ protest rally in Elgin Saturday drew a huge crowd to Kimball Street armed with signs bearing messages like, “Rejecting Kings since 1776,” and chanting in opposition to

As a military parade rolls through Washington, DC, on Saturday – President Donald Trump’s birthday – millions of Americans are expected to protest in what organizers predict will be the strongest display of opposition to Trump’s administration since he took office in January.

Opponents to Trump want their nationwide protests that day to be an even bigger one. Progressive groups including the American Civil Liberties Union, American Federation of Teachers, Planned Parenthood and Sen.

The parade was the spectacle event Trump had long wanted. It also helped sparked the largest mass opposition to him since his inauguration 145 days earlier.