Dozens arrested for failing to disperse after 'No Kings' rally in Los
Angeles
[March 30, 2026]
By JOHN RABY
Authorities in Los Angeles deployed tear gas near a federal detention
center and made dozens of arrests following one of thousands of “No
Kings” rallies held this weekend across the United States and in Europe
to protest President Donald Trump's actions and the war in Iran.
Los Angeles police said Sunday that 74 people were arrested for failing
to heed a dispersal order that was given after Saturday's rally ended.
One other person was taken into custody on suspicion of possessing a
weapon that police described as a dagger.
The arrests stood out from what otherwise were mostly peaceful protests.
Organizers said there were more than 3,100 events registered in all 50
U.S. states.
As hundreds of protesters surrounded a federal complex in downtown Los
Angeles, some threw rocks, bottles and broken concrete blocks at
officers, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said in a statement
late Saturday night.
Two officers who were struck by concrete blocks sustained undetermined
injuries and received medical attention, DHS said.
Andre Andrews Jr., a Navy veteran and independent journalist, had walked
the entire route of the Los Angeles rally and captured video of the
event. He said after authorities gave the dispersal order, they deployed
tear-gas canisters when protesters didn't comply. Some protesters
wearing shields and gas masks on the other side of a fence at the
federal complex picked up the canisters and tossed them back at police.
Andrews said some people also smashed concrete barriers into smaller
pieces and threw them at authorities.
“Does it make L.A. look bad? No. They’re bad actors causing problems,
for sure,” Andrews said. “The peaceful protest was good for the cause.
You have the right to do that. But the other people, they were
definitely causing problems.”
Police said those arrested included eight juveniles. Also detained was a
woman dressed as the Statue of Liberty, smiling as she chatted with an
officer who led her away.
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Protesters stand off against police outside the Metropolitan
Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles during a "No Kings" rally
Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Jill Connelly)
In Denver, the police department said on the social platform X that
it declared an unlawful assembly and deployed smoke canisters after
a small group of protesters blocked a road and did not leave as
asked. At least eight people were arrested, as was a ninth person
later who police said was throwing objects.
Nationwide, people rallied from New York City, with almost 8.5
million residents in a solidly blue state, to Driggs, a town of
fewer than 2,000 people in eastern Idaho, a state Trump carried with
66% of the vote in 2024. In Minnesota, a flagship event on the
Capitol lawn in St. Paul drew Bruce Springsteen as its headliner to
celebrate resistance to Trump's aggressive immigration enforcement.
Demonstrations also were held in more than a dozen other countries,
according to co-executive director Ezra Levin of Indivisible, which
spearheaded the events.
U.S. organizers have estimated that the first two rounds of No Kings
rallies drew more than 5 million people in June and 7 million in
October. Levin estimated at least 8 million participants showed up
Saturday.
“It was powerful. It was historic. It was joyful. It was
boisterous,” Levin said Sunday. “I’d say it went pretty well.”
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