A demonstration of civic energy unfolded Saturday morning along McDowell Road in the southwest Valley as hundreds of residents turned out for a peaceful gatheringas part of the "No Kings" protest.
The event, hosted by grassroots group GATHER, was part of the nationwide protests aimed at the policies of the Trump administration. According to Indivisible, the main coordinating group, nearly 7 million people in more than 2,500 communities across the United States, one of the largest single-day demonstrations in U.S. history.
The Goodyear protest was one of several dozen around the Valley that saw gatherings from a few hundred to thousands that attended in downtown Phoenix.
