Dozens of activists gathered at the home of Presiding Judge Dale Youngs of the 16th Circuit Court in Kansas City, following an incident in which one of his agents shot a man having a mental health crisis while being evicted. Organizers called for an immediate moratorium to be placed on eviction, so that no one more would die from being evicted or from not having shelter.
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Dozens of protesters in Washington DC took part in the weekly FTP March, moving through a popular area of the city and being assaulted by MPD officers who bike-checked demonstrators several times. Although police harassed marchers several times, no confrontations escalated into arrests.
Thousands of protesters in Santiago gathered during a general strike to demand the resignation of right-wing president Sebastian Piñera and the release of all political prisoners of Chile’s social uprising since 2019. Demonstrators clashed with police for hours, until maintaining control of the Plaza and burning the statue of genocidal general Manuel Baquedano.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in the Pudahuel borough of Santiago, demanding the resignation of President Sebastian Piñera and the release of political prisoners in preparation for ‘Super Wednesday’, in which thousands anticipate a march on the presidential palace.
Around 1,500 protesters in the Buenos Aires metropolitan city of Lomas de Zamora took to the streets demanding jobs programs, clean water for neighborhoods, and food for soup kitchens, in the midst of a crisis facing Argentina, with 42% of the population below the poverty line and a 10% unemployment rate. After clashes occurred at the municipal office, demonstrators returned to the streets in a peaceful march.
