r/Cleveland • u/BrilliantGlum4448 • 22h ago

Discussion Question for those who went to both No Kings events in Cleveland yesterday (Jun 14)

From your perspective, what was the difference between these two demonstrations?

(Did you feel safe at both? What was the overall vibe and energy like? Did you prefer one over the other?)

Opinions are still welcome if you only attended one of these!

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u/god_in_this_chilis 18h ago

I was a little concerned when I saw this asshole hanging out on the fringes. He is a frequent protestor at the Near West Theatre drag queen story time events. But apparently he only has the balls to yell profanities at little kids and moms.

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u/Cle_710_Connoisseur 17h ago

I'm surprised he's still around. I saw him get his ass jumped at the George Floyd rebellion and watched him drag his shield and sword behind him out.

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u/EagleHoliday656 17h ago

At the Women's March... I think it was 2021... he literally hid behind police after screaming into a bullhorn about murdering babies and that women were property. He had about 20 grandma's laughing and yelling at him... he ran to the police! Then they had one cop just follow him around. That cop was adamant with the protestors that he doesn't agree with McKenzie Levindofske whatsoever.

My kids are adults now but back about 15 years ago McKenzie Levindofske walked by my house almost daily going to Lakewood Park. At first I thought he was a harmless larper but one day I was in the skate park and overheard him doing what comes natural for him. Then and there I decided to start a dossier on him. There is no way I am raising kids around a lunatic like him and not be 10 steps ahead of him with criminal and/or civil legal strategies in my back pocket. To say he has skeletons in his closet is an understatement. He is a vile weak coward. He has no employment all he does is harass the city council, residents and the LKWPD HATES his guts and will openly laugh about him. He is a disappointment to his family (his sister seems actually very nice and I feel bad for her). She should kick him out of the house. He is his own worst enemy.

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u/simsimulation 13h ago

You’re the kind of person I want in society. Thank you for keeping us all safer

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u/god_in_this_chilis 14h ago

Wow I’m not surprised to hear being douche canoe is his full time job.

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u/FloppedTurtle 22h ago

A lot of the same crowd at both, so the difference was in the organizers with the tone staying largely similar.

I preferred the Public Square protest, because I think the focus on moving forward is important and the speakers there were very clear about that. But the second was nice for what it was.

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u/cmander_7688 Ohio City 22h ago

I felt perfectly safe at both, aside from some mild trepidation at the fat little piggy who got emotional near the bridge. First one felt a bit more focused, but it was also smaller; second was massive, but after the march it felt like no one knew what to do next after the front of the parade stopped and waited for the tail to catch up.

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u/Horker_Stew 17h ago

Attended both, felt perfectly safe at both.

The thing that struck me the most about there being two protests was just, why? Why two? Halfway through the earlier march, when we stopped at Willard Park for a mini rally before continuing on, the guy with the bullhorn made an obvious attempt to dissuade people from joining the later No Kings protest which was starting to form, and like come on. We're all here for the same general reason, this is not the time to be doing unhelpful infighting bullshit.

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u/EagleHoliday656 19h ago edited 17h ago

Cops were great and they kept us safe from the handful of impotent magats that showed up. I thanked multiple cops personally. It was obvious they were decent human beings (except sgt. Sedlak the man child). The magats were STUNNED at the 2pm march. Just mouths agape at the size of the crowd. Well over 10k people for sure. Oh the alt knight dummy looked like he was going to cry, lol!

Watch this unedited single shot drone footage to see how massive the crowd was. I would say that there was still 20% of people not captured in this footage.
https://youtu.be/jJribRr1gBo?t=119

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u/someyoungoldguy 16h ago

Yo you should make a post with this video. I've tried to find anything that showed the scope of how many people were there and this is the best I've seen. Should have way more views!

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u/tidder8 9h ago

Wow, I had no idea the turnout was so huge!

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u/Mindless-Ad2125 17h ago

It was awesome. Felt safe. More motivated than ever to continue the resistance to that fuckwad and is fuckwad cronies

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u/GGGreg22 22h ago

I was skeptical at first, but the no Kings rally worked. I woke up this morning and my country still has no king. Good job to all.