Pepper spray, more than 30 people arrested, and the mayor issuing a curfew for the first time since 2020 in response to George Floyd’s death — Spokane is preparing for more unrest on Saturday after local police dispersed a protest at a federal immigration facility on Wednesday,

Organizers in Spokane have combined a local No Kings rally and a long-planned Pride festival. Pia Hallenberg, one of the Pride event organizers, estimates 60,000 people have turned out to the Lilac City’s tree-lined downtown riverfront park so far,

Multiple protesters have been detained in downtown Spokane. The protesters were part of the No Kings protest that began Saturday afternoon. The protest began in Riverfront Park before moving through the streets of downtown.

Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown declared a state of emergency amid ICE protests downtown and issued a curfew to begin at 9:30 p.m.

According to the Spokane County Jail roster Former Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart has been released from jail following his charges of failing to disperse. His bail was set at $500 yesterday and NonStop Local is working to get more information on the status of those charges.

Protesters gathered in Spokane's Riverfront Park Saturday afternoon as part of the nationwide No King's movement and a local Stonewall Rally.

Townsend, a hair stylist in Cheney, Wash., never considered herself very political until she read the conservative blueprint Project 2025 last fall. Since President Trump’s inauguration in January, she’s attended seven protests in nearby Spokane.

Just days after dozens of people were arrested after clashing with law enforcement at an immigration protest in downtown Spokane, area leaders are looking to learn from the incident and prevent similar unrest at others planned for Saturday.

People march toward downtown Bethlehem during a “No Kings” protest Saturday, June 14, 2025, at the Rose Garden in Bethlehem. The rally, one of several in the Lehigh Valley, was part of the nationwide “No Kings” demonstrations coinciding with President Donald Trump’s military parade in Washington. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

ICE protests in downtown Spokane escalate to state of emergency after demonstrators ignore curfew, with police deploying tear gas and making arrests for failure to disperse.

“Protest on public property is always allowed,” said Jeffry Finer, a Spokane attorney who has represented many protesters over the years, and has also worked on a landmark case involving the restriction of demonstrations at a local medical building.