Statewide protests against the Trump administration proceeded as planned Saturday, despite a State Patrol advisory to the public not to attend the rallies “out of an abundance of caution” following the shootings of two Democratic state lawmakers.

Protesters plan to march through Minnesota's capital city on Saturday as part of nationwide counterprogramming to President Trump's planned military parade in Washington, D.C.

The American Civil Liberties Union said over 5 million people participated in protests against the Trump administration on June 14.

Minnesota state Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband were assassinated at their home on Saturday, and lawmakers from across the aisle have condemned the act of political

Authorities have identified 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter as the suspect sought in connection with the early-morning shootings that left one Minnesota lawmaker and her husband dead, and another lawmaker and his wife seriously injured.

The “No Kings Day” protests will happen at the same time as a parade in Washington initiated by Trump honoring the U.S. Army.

Thousands gathered in Daley Plaza and in suburban events in protests timed to coincide with a military parade in Washington celebrating the Army's 250th anniversary and President Donald Trump's 79th birthday.

Protesters held signs that read, “No kings since 1776,” “Bad Things Happen When Good People Do Nothing,” “Stop the Parade Fund Medicaid,” “When cruelty becomes normal compassion looks radical” and “Make Orwell Fiction Again.”