Rain didn’t stop thousands of protesters from coming out in New York’s midtown Manhattan. Demonstrators held American flags and signs that said “No Kings” and “I Prefer My Ice Crushed.” Police said they closed about a mile of Fifth Avenue to traffic for the protest.

The No Kings Day of Defiance protests will happen during the military parade in Washington on Saturday for the Army’s 250th anniversary — which coincides with Trump’s birthday.

That’s part of why George Atkinson, a former high school government teacher, felt compelled to join a protest in downtown Houston on Saturday. The 89-year-old affixed a sign to his walker that read, “The clothes have no emperor! He’s all hat and no cattle!”

About 400 residents of Port Washington braved a downpour to hold a raucous protest against the Trump administration in the politically mixed New York City suburb on Long Island. Amid cars honking in support,

New York City saw thousands attend demonstrations against the Trump administration Saturday, just hours before a military parade in Washington, D.C. MSNBC host Antonia Hylton is joined at the New York City “No Kings Day” protest by actor and activist Mark Ruffalo,

The group rallied near a building that houses an immigration court, which has become a flashpoint amid the arrests of migrants in courthouses.

Mayor Eric Adams on Monday addressed the recent protests in Los Angeles over ICE policies, saying similar violence in the in New York City will not be tolerated.

Many thousands of protesters jammed the streets around Manhattan’s Bryant Park on Saturday afternoon, defying the drizzle and chanting “No ICE! No KKK! No fascist USA!” before spilling into an enormous march down Fifth Avenue.