More than 1,500 events are planned throughout the U.S. to send a loud message to President Donald Trump: “In America, we don’t do kings.”

Businesses were boarding up windows and law enforcement was preparing early Saturday morning as downtown Los Angeles prepared for thousands to gather in a protest against President Trump. "No Kings," a nationwide series of protests scheduled for Saturday,

Los Angeles and cities around the nation are bracing for 'No Kings' protests ahead of Trump's military parade as an appeals court ruling keeps the National Guard under the president's control for now.

Protests over ICE raids in Los Angeles and ‘No Kings’ demonstrations are planned Saturday in Los Angeles. Follow live updates below.

No Kings protests were held Saturday in nearly 2,000 places across the U.S. The protests were planned on the same day as the military parade in D.C.

The"No Kings" protests are planned to oppose what they see as Trump's power grab. The number of planned events is nearly double that of the April 5 "Hands Off" protest that saw millions of Americans turn out in big and small cities nationwide.

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. The goal is to pull attention from a military parade in Washington, D.C., and instead bring attention to the joy of using Americans' right to protest,

Thousands of anti-trump protesters are set to rally in "No Kings" protests across America, countering Trump's military parade and opposing his immigration policies.