[United States] Protests: Peaceful protest

Summary

Single-source ACLED detection — awaiting independent verification. On April 5, 2025, over 3,000 demonstrators gathered in Boulder, Colorado, as part of nationwide "Hands Off!" protests opposing policies from the Trump Administration and Department of Government Efficiency, including federal program cuts and public sector layoffs.

Supply chain impact

No commodities or chokepoints are directly mapped to this event. Second-order effects would depend on whether similar protests spread to areas with critical infrastructure or if federal policy changes referenced by demonstrators materialize into actual regulatory shifts affecting supply chains.

Watch points

• Monitor whether protests expand to locations near major transportation hubs or industrial facilities
• Track any concrete federal policy announcements that could affect supply chain regulations or infrastructure funding