The power of the US military will be sharply on display this weekend – on two different coasts and in two very different ways.

Protests in LA — which have inspired protests in other major cities across the country — have escalated in response to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies and ICE raids.

President Donald Trump’s warning that protesters of Saturday’s US military parade in Washington, DC, will be met with “very heavy force” threatens to chill speech and underscores the need for protesters to take precautions around digital surveillance, privacy advocates tell The Verge.

Spokane is preparing for more unrest on Saturday after police dispersed a protest organized by former City Council President Ben Stuckart

The massive military parade planned in Washington, D.C., this weekend could send the national mood from tense to combustible, as President Donald Trump doubled down on threats to protesters.

From Seattle to Austin to Washington, D.C., marchers have chanted slogans, carried signs and snarled traffic through downtown avenues and outside federal offices.

Dozens of cities have held anti-ICE demonstrations over Trump's immigration crackdown since Los Angeles protests began.

A federal grand jury indicted Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) on charges of assaulting a federal law enforcement officer during a protest at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center last month.

While many demonstrations against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency have been peaceful, with marchers chanting slogans and carrying signs, others have led to clashes with police who have sometimes used chemical irritants to disperse crowds. Hundreds have been arrested.