Protesters took to the streets in Seattle for Black Lives to demonstrate against police brutality in the city that has been criticized for being unaddressed, even through the minor defunding of the police by Mayor Jenny Durkan.
Protesters in Los Angeles blocked the press offices of CNBC and other media companies from a lack of covering the protests across the United States that have been in favor of Armenia. Confrontations took place between some members of the press and demonstrators, although none of them ended in particular violence.
Thousands of protesters converged on al-Haboubi Square in Nasiriyah, to protest against the Iraqi government’s repression of anti-corruption activists and the implementation of a curfew in several cities. Riot police then opened fire on the protesters, and, bizarrely, the Iraqi military began exchanging gunfire with riot police, resulting in at least 1 death on each side.
Black Lives Matter supporters and their anti-fascist counterparts took to the streets against a Beverly Hills Rally for Trump, with several Trump supporters starting fights that quickly ended in the favor of the BLM counterprotesters. Many Trump supporters also called out for the police to open fire on the protesters.
Protesters and antifascists commemorated Annibal Villaroel at his funeral, a young man murdered by police forces in Chile on the 18th of October. Hundreds of anarchists and other socialists attended his funeral in Santiago, chanting insults against the police.
