Salt Lake City’s ‘No Kings’ protest and shooting
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Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, 39, a Samoan-born fashion designer, was participating in an anti-Trump protest in Salt Lake City on Saturday when he was shot by a man working security, the police said.
The “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City was struck by violence when a man allegedly brandished a rifle near the crowd.
Utah 50501, the organizers of Saturday's protest in downtown Salt Lake City, say there was an "imminent threat" to protesters before the deadly shooting.
On the same day Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered in a "politically-motivated" assassination, more "politically-motivated" violence occurred at peaceful protests across the country.
From chants about democracy to immigration, organizers estimated more than 4,000 people held up signs, cheered the various speakers and waved American flags.
Protesters gathered in Salt Lake City's Pioneer Park Saturday evening, after a day of demonstrations across Utah and the nation.
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