Bruce Springsteen stood before thousands of “No Kings” protesters in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Saturday. “This past winter, federal troops brought death and terror to the streets of Minneapolis. They picked the wrong city,

Police have declared an unlawful assembly near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, urging people to avoid the area, according to a public safety alert issued Saturday evening.

The White House dismissed the rallies. Spokesperson Abigail Jackson described the protests as the product of “leftist funding networks” with little real public support.