Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Barranquilla, in opposition to healthcare privatization and police violence amid an ongoing general strike. Despite the demonstration remaining peaceful on the highway, police attacked, firing tear gas and injuring several participants in the crowd fleeing the chemical weapon.
Around 75 protesters in Portland gathered at the Justice Center for a demonstration demanding the abolition of ICE, an agency created alongside DHS in 2001 to patrol the southern border, a task marred with allegations of human rights violations and atrocities committed.
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.
Union workers went on strike at a Hunts Point Market, demanding a $1 per hour wage increase. Police assaulted those on the picket line, arresting several for no apparent reason, as they were later released without a trial.
Students gathered in Santiago to protest the transition test of Chilean Universities, which they say actively undermines many students in poverty. Barricades were first placed at the Alameda intersection with Los Héroes before protesters gathered at the Ministry of Education. Police responded with extreme force, attacking protesters and press, including the cameraman live on scene for CNN Chile.
