Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Panguipulli in response to the police murder of Francisco Martínez, also known as El Pancho, a street artist who juggled fake machetes and was murdered by police for not having an ID. Several public buildings went up in flames by the end of the night, as police refused to provide justice for the murder of the young man.
Daily Archives: February 5, 2021
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Hundreds of protesters in Santiago descended on Plaza Dignidad and clashed with police after the murder of a street artist in the city of Panguipulli for the crime of not carrying his ID. Despite being hit with water cannons, tear gas, and other chemical weapons, protesters were able to occupy the Plaza several times and hold it off from land assaults by law enforcement.
Dozens of Colombian protesters in Bucaramanga gathered to commemorate the lives of two Industrial University of Santander students studying social work, Manuela Betancourt and Angie Paola Cruz, victims of femicide on the 7th of February in 2020 at the hands of Argemiro Urrego.
St. Paul protesters marched against fascism in the former Sears lot that was recently bought by agencies to train for protest response. The city stated that it had responded to over 220 protests in 2020, and the number is expected to continue increasing as economic and social hardship grip the United States.
Protesters gathered in Athens at the office of Amnesty International in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of the N17 revolutionary group who entered a hunger strike on the 8th of January to demand his transfer to the Korydallos prison in Athens, which would enable him to see visitors and receive adequate medical treatment.
Chileans in Antofagasta placed and burned barricades following the police murder of a street artist in the city of Panguipulli for not being able to present his ID before being shot in the chest several times by Carabineros.
Chileans in the small central town of Puerto Montt placed and burned barricades and protested after a street juggler was murdered by police in Panguipulli.
Dozens in the city of Chiguayante placed barricades and protested to demand justice for Francisco Martínez Romero, a street artist murdered by Carabineros in Panguipulli. Demonstrators disrupted traffic and further spread thin the supply of police to respond to nationwide protests that day in Chile.
Dozens of Italians gathered at the Greek consulate in Milan in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of the 17N revolutionary group on hunger strike for nearly a month to demand his transfer to the Korydallos prison in Athens, which would give him adequate medical care and access to visitors.
Dozens of youth protested at the town hall of the northeastern city of Akouda, waving anarchist flags and dropping banners to demand free and public education for all of Tunisia, using the phrase "You've fucked with the wrong generation" that became famous during the Arab Spring.
Protesters in Athens gathered to demonstrate against the closure of the Keramikos Health Center, a public doctors' practice that served the community and was ordered to shut down by the government. In spite of a heavy police buildup at the site, no arrests were made.
Dozens in the greater Concepción area protested after the police murder of a street juggler in Panguipulli, clashing with police, placing barricades, and banging pots and pans across the city to make noise in a scene of solidarity with other cities protesting across Chile.
Lebanese protesters blocked the Bab al-Tabbaneh road in Tripoli in response to a collapse in living conditions and mass arrests of demonstrators during the uprising of late January against quarantine without a stimulus with which the people could survive.
Dozens of protesters in Portland gathered for a press conference held by indigenous protesters, who recounted their experiences with police brutality in the city. Demonstrators marched through the area, holding banners and waving flags of the American Indian Movement.
Dozens of anarchists in New York City marched on the city's 84th Precinct on what would have been Trayvon Martin's birthday, following an incident in which a police officer refused to wear a mask and assaulted a protester. At least 100 police trailed the demonstration, considered by many to be a ridiculous response.