Dozens took to the streets of uptown Minneapolis following the police murder of Winston Smith, who was leaving a date when he was shot multiple times inside his car by secret police officers wearing plainclothes. Demonstrators set fire to a dumpster and blocked roads until police arrived and aggressively used flashbangs to attack the crowd.
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Hundreds of protesters in Vilafranca took to the streets to demand the release of Pablo Hasel, a left-wing Catalan rapper imprisoned and facing charges for insulting the Spanish monarchy. Demonstrators graffitied the local police station and threw flares to throw off police from being able to make arrests.
Dozens of members of the Anarchist Political Organization gathered at the municipal doctor’s office of Kypseli, a neighborhood of Athens, to demand free food, housing, education, and healthcare for all. Protesters dropped a banner at the site and distributed leaflets in the area to avoid contact with police.
French anarchists in Albi threw fireworks outside of the Cantepau jail, clashing with police who threw tear gas and ended up contributing to the point of the noise demo. The abolitionists called for the release of all inmates due to COVID, as prisoners had been increasingly exposed to the virus in many countries.
Athenian anarchists gathered at the Propylaea in solidarity with former 17 November member Dimitris Koufontinas, who entered a hunger strike on the 8th of January to demand his transfer to the Korydallos prison in Athens. Police attacked the demonstration, using tear gas and pepper spray against peaceful protesters.
