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.
Protesters in Hackensack, New Jersey returned to the Bergen County Jail for a daily noise demo in solidarity with undocumented immigrants caged inside, who have been detained by authorities for months and only recently halted a hunger strike.
Dozens of protesters marched in Kenosha the night before it was decided whether or not Jacob Blake’s shooters would be charged or not, in a protest led by the man’s father. Demonstrators demanded charges to honor Blake, who had been left permanently paralyzed after the shooting that caused mass riots and looting in the Wisconsin city.
Dozens of Loyalist youth in Belfast clashed with police in the area of Sandy Row and Bradbury Place after customs were set up between the British mainland and North Ireland, setting fire to bins, launching fireworks, and throwing fences, petrol bombs, and other objects at law enforcement.
Police assaulted hundreds of cyclists in Santiago, who were participating in a protest bike ride along the Alameda to demand amnesty for all political prisoners. Carabineros in response to the peaceful demonstration deployed tear gas and water cannons against the crowd.
