Thousands of partygoers gathered in Huntington Beach, in Los Angeles, after organizing online, dubbing the event 'Adrian's Kickback'. Participants blocked roads and threw fireworks at police vehicles, with many jumping on and damaging police cruisers. Over 150 people were arrested, charged with a wide variety of offenses.
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Hundreds of protesters in Los Angeles returned to the streets for a 2nd day, in support of the Palestinian struggle after Israel, an internationally designated apartheid state, following its attack on worshippers inside of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
Thousands of protesters in Los Angeles marched in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle after an attack at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, demanding the immediate end of American support to Israel, an internationally designated apartheid state.
Hundreds of protesters in Oakland took to the streets to demand justice for Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo, both recent victims of police murder in the United States. Several car dealerships and large corporations were attacked, with a car being set on fire and government buildings being smashed up.
Hundreds of anarchists in Los Angeles took to the streets on the anniversary of Breonna Taylor's murder by police via dozens of gunshots after her house was raided with a no-knock warrant by law enforcement. Protesters were able to use a shield wall to push out of kettles and avoid as many arrests as possible, also resisting chemical weapons.
Police in Los Angeles attacked civil rights protesters in the California city's downtown, assaulting several activists including parents of people murdered by the same police department.
Anarchists in the Southwest Youth Liberation Front gathered at the Central Juvenile Detention Center in Los Angeles to demand that all prisons for children be shut down, calling for no minor to be imprisoned in LA County and the United States. Police gathered in the dozens, detaining several participants and taking down personal information.
The University of California in Berkeley put up a fence around the People's Park, which was founded by radical activists in the 1960s and inhabited by a houseless camp; in response, students protested at the site and tore down the fence, moving it to the university's entrance in a statement to the administration that any attempt to restrict access to the area would not be tolerated by the community.
Dozens of protesters marched to the California State Capitol in Sacramento in opposition to a planned Trump event there, then splitting up into 2 groups and making noise outside of the Sacramento County Jail while marching through the city with an Abolish ICE Banner.
Abolitionists in the California Bay broke windows and tagged graffiti on the South San Francisco courthouse, and stated that the action was inspired by successful hits in Vacaville and San Francisco, where no arrests occurred. The glass of the front entrance was entirely shattered, and the face was used as a canvas for political slogans.
30+ anti-racists in San Francisco gathered at the city's ICE office, smashing in windows and breaching the office to wreak havoc inside, rendering it unusable for a long time. Demonstrators answered the call for a round of Abolish ICE events around inauguration day on J20, with no arrests occurring within the group.
Dozens of protesters gathered in the southern Californian city of Vacaville, attacking the police station and smashing in many windows before dispersing with no arrests made nor any identities exposed.
Hundreds of antifascists gathered in San Diego to counterprotest a pro-Trump rally going on in Long Beach, clashing with both Proud Boys and police who were far more aggressive towards the anti-Trump side. Pepper spray was used by several sides, with injuries occurring in sporadic fights that took place throughout the confrontation.
Dozens of antifascists returned to the streets of Sacramento to combat the weekly Stop the Steal rally attended by Proud Boys, marching as well in support of the Indian Farmers' Protest solidarity event going on at the same time. Several clashes broke out, with pepper spray being used and a shield wall being formed.
Hundreds of protesters gathered for Day 22 of Block Garcetti protests in front of the Los Angeles Mayor’s house, where they quickly learned that Joe Biden had instead placed Pete Buttigieg as the Secretary of Transportation. Many chants were used in celebration of the occasion, with protests halting from there. Hundreds of protesters gathered for Day 22 of Block Garcetti […]