Thousands gathered in downtown Cleveland Saturday afternoon for the “No Kings” march, a series of national protests against President Donald Trump and his administration.

Demonstrators took to the streets, citing concerns over “foreign wars, ICE’s terror tactics, the administration’s unconstitutional power grab, covering up evidence of crimes against children, and a government for billionaires,” co-organizer Cindy Demsey told 19 News.

The protest, locally organized by Mobilize the Vote NEO and Cuyahoga Democratic Women’s Caucus, among other groups, began at the Free Stamp at Lakeside Avenue and East 9th Street. It started with speakers, including activist Kathy Wray Coleman and Ohio State Senator Nickie Antonio, Democrat.

“I’m out here and all these people are out here because we fear losing our democracy, but we’re fighting to keep it,” Antonio said.

The crowd then took to the street, marching down Lakeside, turning left onto East 6th Street towards Public Square where they made a loop, before returning to Willard Park via Superior Avenue and East 9th Street.

Rhiannon Mckee, a young professional who lives in the Cleveland neighborhood of Edgewater, said she came out to be around like-minded people and to find more resources on what to do next.

“It feels like we’re going backward instead of forward,” she added.

Some attendees said they skipped smaller suburban protests in favor of joining the downtown demonstration to help make it as large as possible.

“I am angry and scared that our democracy is being attacked from the inside,” said Carolyn Ufford, who lives in Cleveland Heights.

Ufford, 60, said she never used to participate in politics, but has been involved in four protests since Trump took office for his second term as president.

“No one is coming to save us. It’s up to us to defend the rights and freedoms that have defined our country for the past 250 years,” she said.

The demonstration coincides with other “No Kings” events taking place across Ohio and the country. National organizers, prominently driven by Indivisible, MoveOn, and the 50501 movement, speculated that this could turn out to be the largest day of domestic political protest in U.S. history, with more than 3,100 events happening in every state.

Previous Cleveland ‘No Kings’ protests last June, which drew an estimated 5,000 demonstrators, and October, while other similar protests have popped up around the city since Trump’s inauguration last year.

Readers submitted their photos from protests around Northeast Ohio as well.

The following images are from Bobbi Reichtell.

The following photos are from Brady Dindia. They offered the following caption: Photos of members of See U Next 2sday arts activism group wearing their Quiet Piggy and I.C.E. Bumble costumes at the No Kings 3 event in downtown Cleveland. Costumes were created by another member of the arts group named Kathleen Russell.