About 150 protesters gathered in Tacoma following an incident the previous day in which a police cruiser ran over a crowd spectating a street racing event. Demonstrators placed burning barricades on the street, marching to a local prison to make noise for the inmates, as well as smashing windows of state institutions along the way. Police failed to kettle the demonstration, which resulted in very few arrests.
Hundreds of activists from the Ende Gelände environmentalist group continued protests against the clearing of the Dannenrod forest to create an unnecessary and useless highway. Police deployed a water cannon on the forest defenders in sub-zero temperatures, causing many to leave the area in fear of getting hypothermia. Police eventually retreated from the site.
Several groups organized protests on the 23rd after hearing Breonna Taylor’s killers would go free, and several clashes occurred including the usage of incendiary devices.
Around 50 protesters in New York City shut down the Brooklyn Bridge during a march to Foley Square in Manhattan to denounce numerous incidents of New York Police Department violence and intimidation against protesters, including extremely heavy buildups in previous incidents.
Thousands of protesters gathered at the funeral of killed protester Miran and other sites in defiance of a government crackdown on protests in Iraqi Kurdistan, with demonstrations breaking out in Kifri, Qaldze, and Rania. Hundreds of demonstrators attended the funeral of Miran, a protester killed in Kifri. The military responded by opening fire, with reports of 2 killed by their bullets.
