What states had mass protests today

1. Colorado: an explicitly dated mass march in Aurora

A locally organized march in Aurora, Colorado, is reported as taking place on January 25 and drew over 2,000 protesters organized by the Metro Denver Sanctuary Coalition to protest ICE raids and rally at the state capitol, a concrete same‑day example cited directly in contemporary compilation reporting ^[1].

2. Illinois: downtown Chicago demonstration listed for Jan. 25

Compilations of protests list a demonstration that began at Water Tower Place in downtown Chicago with speakers and a march toward Trump Tower on January 25, an event described as postponed from January 20 and rescheduled for the 25th in the same aggregated reporting ^[1].

3. Minnesota: mass strike and street mobilizations that remain live into late January

Minnesota hosted what multiple outlets call a mass economic strike and street protests — described as "no work, no school, no shopping" actions on January 23 that drew thousands and produced sit‑ins, arrests and church‑led civil disobedience at the Minneapolis‑Saint Paul airport — and organizers and national allies continued walkouts and demonstrations into the week, meaning Minneapolis and the state remain a focal point of large mobilizations through January 25 ^{[2] [6] [7]}.

4. California and major coastal cities: demonstrations after a federal shooting and nationwide walkouts

Reporting attributes large demonstrations to coastal cities after a January 24 federal shooting in Minneapolis that "sparked protests" in New York, Washington D.C. and San Francisco; California also appears in more general national action coverage, with Los Angeles noted during the Jan. 20 nationwide "Free America" walkouts and San Francisco named among cities with demonstrations tied to the Minneapolis incident ^{[3] [4] [8]}.

5. New York, Washington D.C., Michigan and South Carolina: regional flareups and local actions

Reuters and other outlets report that demonstrations following federal immigration actions and shootings broke out in New York and Washington D.C., while Detroit is specifically noted in left‑wing coverage as hosting anti‑ICE protests and Charleston, South Carolina, is recorded as having an early‑week demonstration that exceeded local permitting thresholds — together suggesting these jurisdictions experienced mass or notable protests on or near January 25 ^{[3] [5] [1]}.

6. Why counts and lists diverge: sources, timing and organizer framing

Differences across sources reflect three realities: aggregated databases and Wikipedia entries collate protests across days and sometimes attribute rescheduled events to new dates ^{[1] [9]}, major outlets like Reuters emphasize key cities and high‑profile incidents ^{[3] [4]}, and coordinated campaign actions — the Free America walkout and calls for a statewide general strike in Minnesota — intentionally blur single‑day snapshots by urging rolling actions across states ^{[8] [10] [7]}.

7. Conclusion and limits of available reporting

Based on the cited reporting, same‑day mass protests on January 25 are clearly documented in Colorado (Aurora) and Illinois (Chicago), while Minnesota, California (Los Angeles and San Francisco), New York, Michigan (Detroit) and South Carolina (Charleston) had large demonstrations on adjacent days or were named among cities with protests following federal actions; the sources do not provide a definitive, nationally exhaustive list of “what states had mass protests today,” and this summary adheres only to claims supported by those sources ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [8]}.