In downtown Oklahoma City, a large crowd gathered on Saturday, Oct. 18, as part of the nationwide No Kings protests — a coordinated wave of demonstrations against what participants call the creeping authoritarianism of the federal government. The protest occurred at the plaza outside City Hall, amid rain and stormy weather.

Yet amid the chants and signs declaring “No Kings,” “Health care not wealth care,” and invoking the Constitution, many protesters and observers noted a curious — and quite disruptive — interruption: a relentless grinding of construction equipment coming from a nearby parking garage.

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