HANDS OFF Flagstaff! — Largest protest in city’s history jam downtown Flagstaff City Hall

By MosaicNAZ.org

FLAGSTAFF — Protesters (estimated between 2,000 and 2,500) flooded the zone in downtown Flagstaff for the "HANDS OFF! Flagstaff AZ Fights Back!" rally, part of a national day of protest held on Saturday, April 5, 2025.

The Arizona Daily Sun and KNAU put the estimated crowd at 2,500 people, who surrounding City Hall from the corner of Humphrey Street and Aspen Avenue south to Route 66 and west to Milton Road. The crowd size exceeded the 2,000-person Jan. 21, 2017 "March For Love" protest during the first Trump administration.

A small overflow crowd could be seen across the street from City Hall, with others protesting from the traffic islands at the Santa Fe Avenue and Milton Road exits.

Carrying a variety of signs reflecting the organizer's multi-issue event, protesters took aim at everything from Hands Off Medicaid to Medicare, Social Security, Our Jobs, Our Wallets, Our Books, Fair Elections, Personal Data, Public Lands, Veteran Services, Cancer Research, NATO, Consumer Protections, Clean Air, Schools, Libraries, Free Speech, LGBTQ+ Rights, Immigrants, Courts and other issues.

Protesters dressed as Lady Liberty, Uncle Sam and other figures mingled throughout the crowd with pet and remote vehicles sport small protest signs.

The Flagstaff rally, organized by Indivisible Northern Arizona, was part of a national day of protest featuring more than 1,300 protests nationwide. In Arizona, other HANDS OFF! events were planned Sedona, Prescott, Payson, Show Low and elsewhere in Arizona and nationwide.

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