NYC No Kings Protest

5th Ave and 39th st

UPDATE: with a currently estimated 11,000,000 protestors nationwide we are very near the 3.5% rule. This is what democracy looks like. The estimated number of protestors in NYC is over 200,000. 

Short and sweet diary. I attended the Manhattan No Kings Protest today with my union, the PSC. There is no way I could account for how many actually showed up, but it was easily tens of thousands. It was fun, people of every age and skin tone attended, there were brass bands, it was so packed at times that you could barely walk, I was next to an 86 year old walking with a cane most of the protest and he outpaced me most of the time, the NYPD stayed on the sidewalks and I saw no interaction except for them to clear vehicle traffic, people from buildings cheered us on, truck drivers cheered us on, I even saw some fist pumps from the NYPD, I saw no ICE, no proud boys. It rained the whole time and no-one gave a shit.

Below are some videos and photos I took. Keep this up people.

No Kings Day in NYC was easily tens of thousands. So packed you could barely walk at some points #nokings #nokingsday

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— misericord-discord.bsky.social (@misericord-discord.bsky.social) June 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM

Near the end of the protest, a brass band played Twisted Sister’s We’re Not Gonna Take it while people sang along. 

Brass band playing Twisted Sister’s We’re Not Going to Take it. No Kings Day in NYC was easily tens of thousands. So packed you could barely walk at some points #nokings #nokingsday

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— misericord-discord.bsky.social (@misericord-discord.bsky.social) June 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM

Some more pics

Madison Square Park

Madison Square Park