Demonstrators gathered for another day of protesting against Biden’s reported consideration of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti for Secretary of Transportation, with about 100 activists gathering in front of his house. Speeches were given out by BLM co-founders before police arrived and gave a dispersal order. Most people dispersed in time, but 2 arrests did occur after police moved in.
Around 75 protesters in Portland gathered at the Justice Center for a demonstration demanding the abolition of ICE, an agency created alongside DHS in 2001 to patrol the southern border, a task marred with allegations of human rights violations and atrocities committed.
Around 400 protesters in New York marched from Washington Square Park in opposition to anti-Asian violence beginning to spike across the country due to racism and false blame for the pandemic; demonstrators headed north on 6th Avenue at W34th before later dispersing.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Tarragona to demand freedom for Pablo Hasel, a left-wing rapper from Catalonia arrested and facing charges for insulting the Bourbon royal family of Spain. Demonstrators clashed with police, who fired tear gas in response to the placing of barricades by youth.
Hundreds of protesters in Zaragoza gathered in solidarity with Pablo Hasel, a left-wing Catalan rapper arrested for criticizing the monarchy of Spain and supporting the former revolutionary ETA Basque organization.
