Riot police in the city of Concepción brutally cracked down on protesters who gathered after the police murder of a street artist in Panguipulli for failing to present his ID. Water cannons and tear gas were deployed as well as a contingent of Carabineros on foot, who made brutal arrests and assaults of protesters.
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Hundreds of Catalan antifascists in the city of Vic clashed with members of the far-right Spanish ultranationalist Vox Party, which attempted to hold a rally in the city. Demonstrators placed barricades and successfully chased off the members of the party attempting to hold the rally, pushing the far-right out of the city.
Around 100 protesters in Portland gathered for an Abolish ICE protest in front of the local ICE facility in the city's northeast, with many waving flags of the American Indigenous Movement. Police fired munitions and tear gas at protesters, forcing them to disperse before arrests were made.
Youth in Beirut burned barricades and cut off the ring bridge to demand an improvement in living conditions, following the collapse of Lebanon's economy as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and warehouse explosion that decimated the country's capital in August.
Hundreds of Palestinians marched in the city of Tamra to protest the apartheid regime established by the Israeli state, which a few days before had murdered 2 young men who were unarmed and non-resistant.
Around 120 protesters in New York City marched to demand the abolition of ICE on the anniversary of the agency's murder of Erick Diaz-Cruz, who was unarmed and shot in the face through his hand. Demonstrators crossed the Brooklyn Bridge to the New York State Attorney General's office, where condemnations of the murder were given by speakers.