On the 19th, about 250 protesters gathered to protest ICE’s brutal treatment of detainees in Times Square. The police reacted almost immediately, kettling them in and arresting ~60 protesters, mirroring the arrest of 26 protesters at a demonstration outside of the ICE federal offices earlier this week. Many of those arrested will be charged with disorderly conduct.
100 protesters gathered in Portland to demonstrate against the ongoing war in Tigray, a breakaway province of Ethiopia. Organizers called on the UN to take action amid accusations of genocide and at least 50,000 refugees and thousands dead, with ethnic Tigrinya people persecuted across the east African country.
Riots broke out in the Kasserine province city of Sbeitla, following the death of a protester of injuries sustained when a police officer shot at his head with a tear gas canister. Demonstrators set the police station on fire and launched firecrackers at police, demanding justice for their murdered comrade-in-arms.
As a general strike rips through Colombia, the protests continue, as well as solidarity demonstrations and indigenous uprisings centered around Cauca. Demonstrations have also begun against the old Uribe regime, which has been widely criticized for human rights violations.
Hundreds of protesters marched in Columbus after the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old Black girl by police, gathering outside of the Columbus Police Department’s headquarters and marching to and back from the Ohio Statehouse, demanding the immediate prosecution of the officer responsible.
