About 50 protesters gathered in downtown Jacksonville, protesting against Governor Ron Desantis’ ‘anti-mob’ law, which allows people to shoot protesters that are looting, and allows the running over of demonstrators if they are blocking a road. The parents of Devon Gregory were present, with a smaller protest for their child also happening in Miami.
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Turkish political exiles in Athens gathered in Protomagias Square and dropped a banner in solidarity with the student uprising at Boğaziçi university, demanding the resignation of the conservative-Islamist AKP-appointed university rector installed in January.
McDonalds workers in Chicago went on strike to demand a $15 minimum wage, an increase in PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), and a union for all. McDonalds and its franchises have been widely criticized for their union-busting practices, which sometimes are harsher than many other multinational corporations.
Around 400 protesters in Tripoli gathered to demand an increase in living conditions in the Sunni-majority region, the poorest in all of Lebanon with a large number of the population living below the UN poverty line. Escalations began outside of local Hezbollah headquarters, with the military attacking protesters who responded by lighting barricades and throwing rocks.