About 150 protesters gathered in front of the ICE facility in Portland as part of a call to action by an indigenous organizer, demanding the abolition of the agency created in 2002, whose dismantling would legally be within Biden’s direct jurisdiction.
Several targeted arrests of activists were made, with a member of the press also taken into custody by DHS before protesters dispersed for the night after being exposed to chemical weapons.
~150 protesters reach the ICE facility (Video by it_ain’t_pretty)DHS retreats back into ICE facility after attempting to push back protestersHeavily armed federal agents make a targeted arrest against a nonviolent protesterPolice shoot munitions at protesters throwing back carcinogenic HC gasTear gas clouds the sky as feds shoot munitions at protestersProtesters resist DHS shooting tear gas and munitionsFeds bring out modified HC gas foggerDozens of DHS officers & BORTAC paramilitaries occupy the area in front of ICE (Video by it_ain’t_pretty)DHS officers make another push against protesters (Video by it_ain’t_pretty)Federal officers continue to shoot munitions at protesters (Video by Alissa Azar)BORTAC & DHS retreat back into ICE facility before going back out afterDHS gasses a sign, farther away from protesters (Video by it_ain’t_pretty)Police HC gas is rendered useless by wind pushing it away from protesters (Video by Alissa Azar)
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About 150 protesters gathered in Chania in solidarity with the invaded Rosa Nera squat, chanting slogans in opposition to state repression during the pandemic, police brutality, and commercialization, as the Greek government seeks to make the squat into a public pool/spa. Demonstrators then marched to the Splantzia neighborhood before dispersing for the day.
Protesters across Poland, from Krakow to Gdansk, took to the streets against an abortion ban by the PiS (Law and Justice Party). The government has pulled back on the ban for all fetuses except those with Down Syndrome, which has helped calm the clashes but not the protests.
Hundreds of Kurds gathered in the city of Said Sadiq/Saydsadq in the Iraqi Kurdish administration, burning down all buildings belonging to the government and political parties following the suppressing of worker strikes earlier in December. Smoke clouds could be seen from miles away due to the burning of the aforementioned structures, including the town hall and municipal office.
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