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From left, Marissa Soumokil, Lukas Boster, Lee Hammond and Amelia Soumokil cheer during a speech on Saturday, June 14, 2025, at Boone County Courthouse in Columbia. The demonstrators brought a multitude of signs and flags protesting the Trump administration, ICE raids and ongoing political conflicts oversees.
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In Columbia and elsewhere, they joined the nationwide mobilization against the expansion of executive power by the president.
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