A protester holds a sign that reads, "All American like apple pie, jazz, baseball and anti-fascism" at the No Kings demonstration in Beverly on Oct. 18. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle)
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Column: No Kings protest draws hundreds to Beverly intersection to oppose growing federal authoritarianism

Rain made the ink run on some of the signs held by early-bird protesters at the intersection of 103rd Street and Western Avenue in Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood on Saturday, Oct. 18, but the growing crowd did not let the weather stop it from making their opposition to the Trump administration known.

Several dozen people, some protected by rain gear and some just getting wet, were on the southwest corner more than half an hour before…

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