LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - A large protest has shut down roads in the downtown Las Vegas area Saturday evening. Las Vegas police said in a social media post that Las Vegas Boulevard at Bonneville and Clark Avenues is closed due to the ‘No Kings’ demonstration.

Crowds of people lined the streets outside the federal courthouse in Las Vegas to take part in a nationwide string of protests of President Donald Trump.

Crowds gathered in Downtown Las Vegas Saturday evening as part of demonstrations nationwide for the “No Kings” protests against the Trump administration.

The “No Kings” protests taking place across the country on Saturday will be peaceful protests against an increasingly authoritarian Trump regime. These protests, now taking place in more than 2,000 sites across the U.S., have been planned for months and are NOT “anti-ICE” protests.

The “No Kings” protests were scheduled Saturday in hundreds of cities across the United States, including at 5 p.m. at the federal building in downtown Las Vegas, where hundreds a demonstration on Wednesday led to nearly 100 arrests, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley took to social media Saturday to address the planned “No Kings” protest. Mayor Berkley posted on the social media platform X, “An important message for today,” just after 10:30 a.

With large scale protests planned in Southern Nevada, the ACLU is reminding people that the right to demonstrate comes with responsibilities.

Americans are planning to demonstrate against President Donald Trump across the U.S. on Saturday as a counterpoint to the 200,000 people expected to attend the military parade in Washington

Organizers are calling for Americans to attend demonstrations across the country to protest President Trump on his 79th birthday.