‘This Is What America Looks Like’ – ‘No Kings’ Rally Draws 10,000 To State Capitol
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n estimated 10,000 protesters gathered at the State Capitol in Hartford for the No Kings rally on June 14, 2025. Photo credit: Jamil Ragland, CTNewsJunkie
West Hartford resident Jim Chapdelaine, who leads Indivisible CT, was a key organizer of the Hartford event.
By Karla Ciaglo and Kalleen Rose Ozanic, CTNewsJunkie.com
A crowd estimated by Capitol police at more than 10,000 gathered peacefully on the Capitol’s south lawn Saturday as part of the national No Kings demonstrations, a movement opposing what organizers describe as the rise of authoritarianism, political violence in the United States, and the recent deployment of National Guard troops and Marines to California.
Demonstrators filled the Capitol lawn with hand-painted signs and chants of “No Kings,” “This is What Democracy Looks Like” and “When we fight, we win.”
Connecticut’s rally was one of more than 2,000 demonstrations held across all 50 states and 17 countries organized in part by the 50501 Movement and the organization Indivisible. Hartford’s rally was one of about 30 in cities and towns in Connecticut. The events were scheduled to coincide with President Donald Trump’s military parade in celebration of his 79th birthday and the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army
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