Dallas, Fort Worth Police Ready Ahead of ‘No Kings Day' Mobilization
Left-wing activists are planning nationwide protests against Trump June 14, dubbed 'No Kings Day.' Various demonstrations will take place across the DFW metroplex. As The Dallas Express previously reported, this comes on the heels of violent anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles and Dallas.
Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker told The Dallas Express she has 'full faith' in the Fort Worth Police Department to manage the 'No Kings Day' protest this Saturday. She said, 'the city has been coordinating with state and federal agencies to allow for peaceful protests but upholding law and order in our community.'
Fort Worth Police will be monitoring the protests, said Officer Cynthia Wood in an email to The Dallas Express.
'The Fort Worth Police Department is working closely with our community and our Intelligence Fusion Center to monitor all activity during any peaceful protests that may take place in the City of Fort Worth,' Wood said.
The Dallas Police Department's 'main priority' is the safety of people who 'live, work, and visit' the city, according to a statement Lt. Tramese Jones provided to The Dallas Express.
'The Department will not interfere with a lawful and peaceful assembly of any individuals or groups expressing their First Amendment rights,' Jones said. 'Participants will see our patrols as they always do at large events.'
The Dallas Express asked for more specific details, but Jones said, 'we do not release that information for operational reasons.'
'No King's Day' protests are scheduled for June 14 in downtown Dallas and Fort Worth, according to an online event map. The left-wing demonstrations are also set to take place in Arlington, Burleson, Denton, Euless, Flower Mound, Frisco, McKinney, and Sanger.
The Indivisible Project, a powerful left-wing network, is working with other prominent progressive advocacy groups to sponsor 'No Kings' protests across the nation June 14. The group has boosted similar protest movements earlier this year, providing things like 'infrastructure to get the campaign off the ground,' according to The Federalist. As The Dallas Express previously reported, Indivisible was funded in part by George Soros' Open Society Foundations.
Indivisible's Fort Worth chapter targeted Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare and County Commissioners Matt Krause and Manny Ramirez in a post on Bluesky. 'Black, Brown, White, queer, immigrant, working class. We rise together! We're done w leaders who divide us. WE run the show. Not the likes of Tim O'Hare, Manny Ramirez, and Matt Krause, trying to build their MAGA safehaven.'
'Peaceful demonstrations are a constitutional right as long as they don't escalate into violence, rioting and lawlessness like what we've seen in California. That type of behavior will not be tolerated in Tarrant County,' O'Hare said to The Dallas Express. 'I have full confidence in the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office and all our local police departments that law and order will be maintained. Tarrant County has earned its reputation as a safe place to live, and we intend to keep it that way.'
The 'No Kings' protests are partnering with groups including 50501, which – as The Dallas Express previously reported – targeted the metroplex with demonstrations earlier this year. Other prominent groups include the ACLU, Bernie Sanders and his group Our Revolution, Move On of the Tesla Takedown protests, and May Day Strong of the recent May Day protests.
Organizers are coordinating the protests through the left-wing platform Mobilize America. As The Federalist previously reported, Mobilize falls under Bonterra – which was launched by the London-based private firm Apax Partners, and which also oversees the Democrat Party's comprehensive voter database.
The Dallas Express reached out to 'No Kings,' but the group did not comment in time for publication.
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