Sacramento, who urged the crowd to protect democracy at the ballot box, and Sacramento City Councilmember Roger Dickinson, who criticized th

"I think we will see the largest peaceful single day protests that this country has seen certainly since the first Trump term," said Indivisible cofounder Ezra Levin, one of the organizers.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across Southern California on Saturday to voice their concerns over ongoing immigration raids and oppose the policies of President Trump, who they depicted as an aspiring monarch.

Reuters images showed Marines apprehending a civilian, restraining his hands with zip ties and then handing him over to civilians from the Department of Homeland Security.

Protests across the country are meant to express frustration over President Trump's actions that organizers say are authoritarian.

Protesters gathered in Atlanta and West Palm Beach, Florida, on June 14 ahead of President Donald Trump's military parade in Washington.