An Estimated 1,500 people call for No Kings

WNIN | By John Gibson

Published June 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM CDT

Hundreds of "No Kings Day" demonstrators showed up for the Saturday June 14 protest in Evansville.

Organizers were thrilled with Saturday's No Kings protest in Downtown Evansville, IN

Hundreds of people turned out on a rainy Saturday in Downtown Evansville for a “No Kings” rally. WNIN’s John Gibson has more:

(AUDIO: Crowd chants)

A law enforcement source estimated a crowd of up to 15-hundred along Martin Luther King Blvd. and on the plaza in front of the Denton Federal Building.

A demonstrator carries a "No Autocrats in America" sign during the "No Kings Day" rally Saturday, June 14, in downtown Evansville. The nationwide rallies are being used to draw attention to actions taken by the Trump Administration — including mass reduction in federal agencies, hundreds of executive orders, deportations of migrants and stifling of dissent and free speech.

The protesters carried signs, chanted slogans and listened to a number of speakers concerned about what they see as President Trump moving his administration toward authoritarianism.

Sandra Nguyen was among the protesters along MLK:

"Deporting people without due process, Social Security, Medicaid for people that can't afford to pay their bills now. How are they going to afford them after these taxes or tariffs?

A demonstrator chants from the median of MLK Boulevard Saturday June 14 at the "No Kings" Rally in downtown Evansville.

Indivisible Evansville President Wendy Bredhold said she was overwhelmed by the turnout:

"I think this demonstrates how alarmed people are, that people came out in this weather. Honestly, I thought the participation would have been literally dampened but as you can see that was not the case."

Demonstrators at the "No Kings" rally in Evansville line the street and fill the area before the Federal Building on MLK Boulevard.

The event ended with singing:

(AUDIO: Crowd singing)

The protest was held just hours after political violence in Minnesota that left a state legislator dead and another wounded, and just hours before a military parade in Washington D.C. watched by President Trump and a crowd estimated at 200-thousand.

More: Independent estimates put the crowd in Washington well below 200,000. The event was held in rainy weather.

Demonstrators lined both side of MLK Boulevard in Evansville near the federal building for the "No Kings Day" rally on Saturday June 14. Many vehicles honked their horns and waved their own flags as they passed.