Overview

• Over 2,100 protests took place on June 14, drawing tens of thousands in cities including Los Angeles, Chicago and Hartford.
• Organizers such as the ACLU, Indivisibles and 50501 marshaled volunteers to maintain peaceful demonstrations, with only minor arrests in Chicago and Cleveland.
• Protesters denounced intensified ICE raids, mass deportations and the unprecedented deployment of National Guard troops to U.S. cities.
• Creative signs and slogans mocking authoritarianism underscored a diverse coalition of activists, immigrants and everyday citizens defending democratic values.
• The politically motivated shooting that killed Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband in Minnesota prompted the cancellation of a planned rally at the state capitol for safety reasons.