Hundreds of protesters in Athens marched to decry a law recently passed by the Ministry of Education in Greece, which would allow for the creation of a national police force to enter universities for the first time since the fall of the military junta in 1974.
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Around 150-200 students in Patras took to the streets to decry a law passed by the Ministry of Education, creating a university police force in Greece which would exist for the first time since the fall of the military junta in 1974 after a failed annexation of Cyprus and a student uprising.
Over 10000 protesters in Berlin gathered in Neukölln, demanding an immediate reversal to the overturning of a court ruling abolishing the Mietendeckel, a rent cap set to stop high prices and gentrification in the city. Police assaulted several demonstrators but were overpowered by the crowd and forced to retreat in due time.
Hundreds of protesters gathered for a 5th day in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center to demand justice for 20-year-old Daunte Wright, who was murdered by a police officer during a traffic stop. Police abandoned a previously heavy-handed strategy and allowed the crowd to disperse peacefully without tear-gas or munitions.
Thousands of students took to the streets of Thessaloniki to protest a law passed by the Ministry of Education which would create a university police force for the first time since the fall of Greece's military junta. Near the end of the demonstrations, clashes between demonstrators and police occurred, with Molotov cocktails and tear gas being thrown.