ABC 10News reporter Jane Kim spoke to people who reflected back on the day that brought in historic crowds and what it meant to them.

The largely peaceful protests during the "No Kings Day" demonstration in downtown Los Angeles took an intense turn in the afternoon. Police ordered the crowd to disperse at about 4:15 p.m. PDT near Alameda Street and Temple Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department's Central Division.

That’s part of why George Atkinson, a former high school government teacher, felt compelled to join a protest in downtown Houston on Saturday. The 89-year-old affixed a sign to his walker that read, “The clothes have no emperor! He’s all hat and no cattle!”

A raucous crowd of about 1,000 protesters in Greensburg, Pa., gathered outside the Westmoreland County Courthouse and chanted “Hey, hey, ho, ho, Donald Trump has got to go!” and “USA! USA!” Trump carried the county,

Protests have been ramping up around the country in response to immigration raids ordered by President Donald Trump.In the player above: Gov. Beshear discusses state's plan to monitor protests in Kentucky this weekendSign up for our NewslettersThere was a peaceful protest in Louisville on Monday,

Thousands gather for Nashville's "No Kings" protest as ICE reports record detention numbers. Demonstrators voice concerns about constitutional rights and immigration policies.

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.

While President Donald Trump attended a military parade he ordered on his birthday to recognize the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army in Washington, D.C., thousands of people in the Kansas City metro area flexed their First Amendment right Saturday to voice their opposition to polices of the Trump administration during the “No Kings” national day of defiance.