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Nationwide “No Kings” rallies on Saturday will also be happening across the Southern Tier. The protests are in response to what some organizations are calling “authoritarian actions” by the Trump administration since taking office for a second term in January.

“Hands Off” rallies erupted across the country over the weekend, including in Corning, Ithaca, Binghamton, Oneonta and Norwich.

Housing activists in Binghamton are calling on college students to join efforts to improve the quality of housing and tenant protections.

“A voice calling for justice does not need to be in perfect English.”

An Erie County Grand Jury has voted not to indict the officers on charges stemming from a June protest where they were seen on video shoving protestor a 75-year-old protester to the ground.

“It was seemingly viewed by all concerned as an unfortunate set of circumstances, which we all know was not the case."

There was a standoff, with demonstrators facing off against police. RPD says they did use pepper balls after bottles and rocks were thrown at them.

The group marched, as they have on previous nights, to the front of the Public Safety Building, which saw hundreds of people again chanting, talking, and taking part in a peaceful demonstration.

They were also wearing spit hoods, the kind of device that police put on Daniel Prude last March as they pinned him to the pavement.

Thursday night was a tale of two groups with contrasting ideas on how to make change, clashing, after the death of Daniel Prude.