Atlanta joins thousands of No Kings protests set for Saturday

Zoom in: No Kings has mapped thousands of events planned for large cities, including Atlanta and its suburbs.

• Indivisible Cobb's protest will be held at "Freedom Corners," which is the intersection of Johnson Ferry and Roswell roads.

Zoom out: The Twin Cities will serve as the flagship event, according to organizers.

• Minneapolis was thrust into the center of the Trump administration's aggressive deportation campaign this year after immigration officers fatally shot two U.S. citizens.
• Renee Nicole Good was killed by an ICE officer in January, just weeks before Border Patrol officers fatally shot Alex Pretti.

State of play: Immigration will certainly be a rallying cry for many protesters, especially in cities like Chicago, Charlotte, and New Orleans, where ICE and Border Patrol conducted vast, seemingly random sweeps of immigrants.

• The war in Iran will also be driving people to the streets, the main organizers of Indivisible said on social media.

Flashback: More than 5 million people participated in thousands of events last June for the inaugural No Kings events, organizers said.

• Participation swelled to 7 million for October's protest.
• Organizers are promoting Saturday's No Kings Day actions as one of the largest single-day nonviolent protests in U.S. history.