Protesters gathered in Portland to commemorate the death of protest organizer Travis Nagdy in Louisville, marching from Pioneer Courthouse Square to the ICE facility. DHS attacked the protesters several times, arresting at least 4 people, and broke up the demonstration extremely quickly. Brutality was rampantly observed, with a protester’s head seen slammed into the wall by a DHS agent. Other vigils had occurred across the United States, but none cracked down on like those in Portland.
Dozens of protesters in New York City marched from Harlem to the Bronx and shut down the Madison Avenue Bridge to denounce the NYPD’s predatory attacks against the Black & Brown community in the Bronx. Despite a heavy police buildup, no confrontations nor arrests occurred.
Anarchists in Athens threw Molotov cocktails at the town hall of Moschato in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, torching and severely damaging the registry office.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Northeast Portland at Peninsula Park in solidarity with Kenosha, following the District Attorney decision not to charge the officer who shot Jacob Blake 7 times in the back as his kids watched. 2 arrests were made for “trespassing” including 1 member of the press, as Portland Police cleared the area to put out a dumpster fire.
Hundreds to thousands of demonstrators marched in Lagos at the Tejuosho Area of Yaba, in what many call a 2nd wave of #EndSARS protests. Many mothers of victims of the Lekki Toll Gate Massacre participated in the demonstration, condemning a lack of action by the government in finding the perpetrators.
