Protesters took to the streets for a 134th day in Portland to demonstrate against the murder of Walter Wallace by police, and demanding a PPB budget cut of at least 50%. They demonstrated in front of a city commissioner’s house, demanding that he endorse the defunding. Negotiations opened up, with protesters and the commissioner exchanging information.
Thousands of antifascists, anarchists, and allies gathered in Lyon to protest against the Global Security Law for the fourth week, which banned the filming of police officers. Protesters clashed with police early on, who deployed tear gas as the protest splintered into several groups and forced the police to reposition themselves across the city.
Dozens of Colombian protesters in Bucaramanga gathered to commemorate the lives of two Industrial University of Santander students studying social work, Manuela Betancourt and Angie Paola Cruz, victims of femicide on the 7th of February in 2020 at the hands of Argemiro Urrego.
Dozens of protesters across the Chilean capital city of Santiago took to the streets on International Workers’ Day, gathering at various sites, setting barricades alight, and confronting police who arrived to repress various demonstrations.
Protesters in Portland gathered in front of the North Precinct to burn American and Thin Blue Line flags, demanding justice for Walter Wallace and Karon Hylton. Police did not come out to engage with demonstrators, who then went downtown to burn MAGA items that an MLK statue had been vandalized with.
