Wendy James, 75, a Seal Beach resident, holds a sign during the third iteration of the national No Kings protest in Long Beach Saturday, March 28, 2026. Wheelchair bound, James sat in a car with her husband parked on Ocean Boulevard, enjoying the sun and other protesters as they passed. She said her and her husband have attended all three No Kings rallies: "I wouldn't miss it." Photo by Brandon Richardson.
For the third time in nine months, thousands of protesters took to the streets of Long Beach to rally against the Trump administration Saturday.
Dubbed No Kings 3, the demonstration was the third in a series of protests against Trump policies and actions. The first rally took place in June of last year, followed by the second in October.
Saturday’s rally, which saw lines of protesters stretch from Cherry to Orizaba avenues, focused on Trump’s war in Iran, which already has resulted in the deaths of nearly 1,900 Iranians, mostly civilians, including at least 168 school girls killed by a U.S. missile strike, according to PBS.
"There is no force of bombs, no barrage of bullets, no fog of tear gas that can blind the seer, that can separate us from the sacred," poet Mazatl said during the rally, encouraging protesters to live their lives with love. "That, in a cruel matrix like this, is revolution."
Protesters also focused on Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement, which has had a notable presence in Long Beach since June of last year, as well as his inclusion in and mishandling of the Epstein files.
(Read about ICE's various actions in Long Beach here.)
“Stand up, speak out. Resist, resist, resist,” Gray Wolf, a member of the Yoeme tribe and an elder with the American Indian Movement, said during the rally.
The Long Beach protest was part of a larger movement, which saw more than 3,300 similar demonstrations across the country Saturday, according to organizers, with an estimated 8 million people taking to the streets. If accurate, No Kings 3 would be the largest single-day protest in U.S. history, beating October’s No Kings protest by about a million people
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Thousands gathered along Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach for the third iteration of the national No Kings protest Saturday, March 28, 2026. Photo by Brandon Richardson.Brandon P. holds a sign that reads "Fuck Trump, fuck ICE, fuck fascism" on top of a car during the third iteration of the national No Kings protest Saturday, March 28, 2026. Photo by Brandon Richardson.Car passengers hold protest signs out their windows as they drive by demonstrators on the street during the third iteration of the national No Kings protest Saturday, March 28, 2026. Photo by Brandon Richardson.A woman, who declined to give her name, takes a picture of a memorial for school girls killed by the U.S. during its war in Iran. The memorial, which included 175 pairs of shoes, was on display during the third iteration of the national No Kings protest in Long Beach Saturday, March 28, 2026. Photo by Brandon Richardson.Thousands gathered along Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach for the third iteration of the national No Kings protest Saturday, March 28, 2026. Photo by Brandon Richardson.The passenger of a car holds an "abolish ICE" flag out their window as they drive by demonstrators on the street during the third iteration of the national No Kings protest in Long Beach Saturday, March 28, 2026. Photo by Brandon Richardson.Gray Wolf, a member of the Yoeme tribe and an elder with the American Indian Movement, speaks during the third iteration of the national No Kings protest Saturday, March 28, 2026. Photo by Brandon Richardson.Thousands gathered along Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach for the third iteration of the national No Kings protest Saturday, March 28, 2026. Photo by Brandon Richardson.Eric, a Long Beach resident, holds a "fuck trump" flag during the third iteration of the national No Kings protest in Long Beach Saturday, March 28, 2026. Photo by Brandon Richardson.
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