CLEVELAND — On Saturday, demonstrators took to the streets across the country, including right here in Northeast Ohio and Cleveland, as part of the "No Kings" protests.
The protests were focused on two main issues: The use of ICE agents and the war in Iran.
Cuyahoga Falls was one of the locations where protestors gathered, and organizers told News 5 that about 2,000 people were present.
News 5 spoke with folks from both sides over the past few days.
President Donald Trump's supporters said the checks and balances in place are working, and that he is not acting like a king.
"These are people that are buying into propaganda, they don't understand that we do have checks and balances here, and that if there were things that our president could just wave his magic wand and do, we wouldn't be seeing the courts stepping in when it comes to illegal immigrants and all of those things," said Hilary Jackson, chapter chair for Moms for Liberty Cuyahoga.
A spokesperson from the White House shared the following statement on Friday about the protests:
“The only people who care about these Trump Derangement Therapy Sessions are the reporters who are paid to cover them.”
"It's not the same country it used to be. There is no feeling, it's just everything pertains to money," demonstrator Janet Koch said at the Cuyahoga Falls gathering. "I hope for a kinder, gentler country."
Other protesters said Trump acted on his own authority without the approval of Congress and violated the Constitution.
"We think his behavior as a king has killed people. It has killed American citizens in the streets of Minneapolis, it has killed 150 children in a school in Iran because we have a war that is illegal and unfunded," said Karen Kircher, advisory team, Strongsville Indivisible.
Protests were also planned in Avon Lake, Lakewood, Cleveland, Parma, Strongsville, Medina and Akron, and other locations.
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