The demonstrators demanded the resignation of Branko Ružić, Bratislav Gašić, Aleksandar Vulin, board members of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media and Radio Television of Serbia, confiscation of national frequency of Pink and Happy television channels, cancelling the broadcast of reality programs that show and promote violence, and banning print media whose content publishes fake news, violates the Journalistic Code, and promotes violence.

[11][12] The government of Serbia responded to the shootings by adopting measures such as stricter regulations on gun ownership and hiring 1,200 police officers to schools.

[13][14] The government also received criticism, particularly due to the statement of Branko Ružić, the minister of education, who said that "a cancerous, pernicious influence of the Internet, video games, and so-called Western values, is evident" in the shooting, and prime minister Ana Brnabić, who said that the "system did not fail" when responding to the claims that the government could have stopped the shootings.

[18][20] The parties announced the demands at the conference, which included halting and cancelling the broadcast of reality programs and shows that promote violence on television with a national frequency, banning print media whose content promotes violence, publishes fake news, and violates the Journalistic Code, confiscating the national frequency of Pink and Happy television channels, demanding the resignation of the board members of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) and Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) and ministers Ružić and Bratislav Gašić, and the head of the Security Intelligence Agency, Aleksandar Vulin, and holding a session in the National Assembly with only one item on the agenda where the government's responsibility and the security of the country would be discussed.

[28] Srđan Milivojević, a Democratic Party member of parliament, said that according to police estimates, approximately 50,000 demonstrators participated in the protest.

[36] Radomir Lazović, the Do not let Belgrade drown representative, announced that the demand to hold a session in the National Assembly on the issue regarding the shootings was accepted on 12 May.

[38] During the session on 19 May, Brnabić alleged that "everything that has happened after the shootings is directly fueled by foreign intelligence services", and called Miroslav Aleksić, an opposition member of parliament, a "disgusting piece of shit".

[39][40] Demonstrators gathered in front of the National Assembly, after which they walked through Kneza Miloša Street and towards the Gazela Bridge, which they blocked.

[43][44] Associated Press reported that demonstrators chanted slogans against Vučić "whom they blame for creating an atmosphere of hopelessness and division in the country that they say indirectly led to the mass shootings".

[48] Initially, the farmers were supposed to attend the Serbia Against Violence protest, though the police allegedly denied them to continue going to Belgrade.

[57] According to Aleksandar Gubaš, a journalist who has dealt with various methods of measuring the number of people at public gatherings since 1991, there were approximately 60,000 demonstrators at the protest.

[79][82] At the protest, actors Svetlana Bojković, Dragan Bjelogrlić, Nenad Maričić [sr], comedians and talk-show hosts Zoran Kesić and Ivan Ivanović, the son of Stanika Gligorijević, whose death at a toll booth remains unsolved, and a miner, who was beaten for refusing to sell his land, gave speeches at the beginning of the protest.

[83][84] The demonstrators then walked through the King Alexander Boulevard and towards Slavija Square, and then to the Novi dvor, the seat of the president of Serbia.

[91] Actors Maričić, Seka Sablić, and Milan Marić, Saša Jovanović, a colleague of major aviator Omer Mehić who died in a helicopter crash in 2015 which garnered controversy, Faculty of Law professor Miodrag Jovanović [sr], a Serbian language professor, a gymnasium teacher, and a Faculty of Philology student gave speeches at the protest.

[93][94][95] Activist Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta later clarified that roadblocks would be organised "at all bridges and major roads across Serbia", if the demands were not to be accepted by 15 June.

[108][109] In front of the National Assembly, sports commentator Smiljan Banjac, a miner, a Faculty of Political Sciences student, and a football worker gave speeches.

[110][111] This time, a group of demonstrators carried cardboard figures of Vučić, Vulin, Gašić, Aleksandar Šapić, the mayor of Belgrade, and Zagorka Dolovac, the Republic Public Prosecutor, in prison suits.

[123][124][125] Organisers announced that besides Belgrade, protests will be also held in Zrenjanin, Novi Sad, Kragujevac, Kraljevo, Niš, Subotica, Šabac, Pirot, Vranje, and Leskovac on 24 June.

[135] Demonstrators in Novi Sad gathered again in front of the National Theatre, where professor Čedomir Čupić first gave a speech.

[146][147] In Belgrade, demonstrators gathered in front of the National Assembly where Banjac, a student, professor, and actor Bojana Novaković gave speeches.

[161][162] A group of pro-transgender rights demonstrators were also present in the protest, due to the recent murder of a transgender teenager in Belgrade.

[186][187] The farmers demanded to increase subsidies, not add excise duty and value-added taxes on diesel, ensure the price of agricultural products, wheat, corn, and soybeans, and introduce higher premiums for milk.

[189] The farmers protests began on 16 May in Kragujevac, Kruševac, Novi Sad, Subotica, Bogatić, Kovin, Pančevo, Požarevac, and Čenta.

[192][195] Vučić announced the increase of some subsidies, introducing higher premiums for milk, and allocating more budget money for agriculture on 18 May after discussing it with a group of farmers.

[199] Novak Nedić, the secretary-general of the government of Serbia, was seen with a group of men who were allegedly sent to break up the protests of farmers who blocked the traffic in Pančevo, where Vučić held a rally on the same day.

[200] Marinika Tepić, a vice-president of the Party of Freedom and Justice, accused Nedić of "leading SNS hooligans" to the rally in Pančevo.

[215] Former SNS member of parliament Dragan Šormaz expressed his support for the protest, including former president of Serbia, Boris Tadić.

[222] Actors Nikola Kojo and Rade Šerbedžija, singers Seka Aleksić and Breskvica, and Bishop Grigorije Durić voiced their support for the protests.

[41][240][241][242] Vučić described the demonstrators as "hyenas and vultures", and has accused the opposition of attempting to kill him or to stage a coup d'état.

[243][244] Darija Kisić, the minister of family welfare and demography, characterised the organisers of the protests as "parties that are the opposition to Serbia", while Brnabić accused them of "politicising" the shootings.