Organizers say action is being taken to reject the notion the country is ruled by a "king" and to show what democracy looks like: "people, united, refusing to be ruled."

Demonstrators gathered in parks and plazas across the U.S. to protest against President Donald Trump.

The "No Kings" protests are meant to reclaim the American flag and U.S. patriotism from the Republican Party, as well as to condemn what organizers are calling Trump's recent "authoritarian" actions....