Hundreds of protesters returned to the streets of Pereira for a 5th consecutive day in opposition to healthcare privatization and police violence amid a general strike. Police cracked down on the peaceful demonstrations with live rounds, and a right-winger ran through the crowd with a car, injuring several protesters.
Dozens of students gathered at the DEMRE (Department of Evaluation, Mediation, and Educational Registration) facility in the University of Chile in Santiago for the acceptance of demands made more than a decade ago by activists, which included an end to standardized tests and universal and free access to higher education. Carabineros then arrived on the scene, arresting several and causing injuries among the crowd.
Police in Seattle attacked a party in Alki Beach, Seattle, which was organized online through several social media websites. 10 arrests were made, and police cleared out the area successfully after a long standoff with the crowd.
Thousands of protesters returned to the streets of Tunisia during a 5th day of demonstrations against the classist & police state, demanding a radical redistribution of wealth from the rich and police to social programs. Significant clashes with the National Guard occurred in Tunis, more specifically the illegally built neighborhood of Ettadhamen, where the poverty rate is near 70% and the average monthly salary is $100.
Demonstrators took to the streets in Times Square commemorating the latest trans woman who was murdered by 16 gunshots from the guns of police officers. Protest organizers demanded further defunding for the police than just the $1 billion that the mayor had promised to appease the protests with.
