Subscribe to the Wake Up, cleveland.com’s free morning newsletter, delivered to your inbox weekdays at 5:30 a.m. Fear was everywhere leading up to Saturday’s “No Kings” protests — fear of political violence,

Protestors gathered at 13th Street in Columbus as part of the nationwide "No Kings" protests on Saturday, June 14.

Around 2,000 protests and rallies were planned nationwide, with thousands of people also attending staged “No Kings” events in Manitowoc, Sheboygan and Green Bay. Rallies were canceled in Minnesota out of caution following shootings targeting local lawmakers.

Sharon Roggy was standing along the sidewalk of Nevada Avenue downtown Saturday afternoon, waving a sign that said "No Kings" on it as she yelled to cars driving past, many of which were honking back.

“The most threatening sound to an oligarch is laughter.”

Approximately 70,000 people joined the "No Kings" protest in Cal Anderson Park before marching to the Space Needle and then the Seattle Center in downtown.

Georgia's leaders stress order ahead of planned protests, distinguishing between peaceful assembly and violence.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Multiple “No Kings” protests took place Saturday across the country, including Virginia and North Carolina. The Associated Press shared the nationwide protest’s theme calls for Americans to stand up for what the participants deem to be “authoritarian actions” from the Trump administration.

Will protests in Los Angeles set the stage for more clashes Saturday as activists in hundreds of cities nationwide, including metro Detroit, organize?