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'No Kings' protest organizers urge CNY to join in
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR) — As protests over Trump's policies on immigration continue nationwide, Syracuse protest organizers prepare for Saturday's 'No Kings' protest.
'We are concerned this administration's belief that they can impose their will upon the American people and that they can punish those who disagree with them,' Jessica Hess said.
Steve Simon, one of the organizers, said the time to act is now after seeing a disdain for the law in Washington, D.C.
'I've seen, in the last four months, a really fast degradation of the belief that we have to follow those laws…that certain people have to follow those laws,' Simon said. 'So, that's what's gotten me off the couch, and out of the office, and into the streets.'
Jen Edgerton said she decided to start protesting after President Donald Trump's inauguration day.
'Just ignoring the Constitution, and in particular for me, it was due process,' Edgerton said. 'That was my tipping point.'
Organizers are urging everyone in Central New York to attend the protest, happening from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., at the Solar Street parking lots in front of Destiny USA.
'You don't need to have a group of friends to come with you because everybody down there will be in solidarity with you,' she said.
Simon recognized tomorrow's protest coincides with Flag Day and wants everyone to be proud of their country, as well.
'It is a very patriotic bunch of people,' he said. 'It is not radicalism. It is not, you know, insurrectionism. It is the opposite of that. It is defending what we all grew up with as a democracy.'
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