Hundreds of protesters at the Atenas, Las Condes roundabout in Peñalolén gathered to demand more affordable housing solutions in Chile, with 4 women hanging themselves over the catwalk to discourage any police intervention at the scene.
On the 11th of October, the Nigerian government pledged to dismantle SARS, although many take it to be a farce and continue protesting for their goals of police reform/defunding. 10 protesters have been killed in previous days, and the demonstrations become bigger every day. A nationwide campaign has begun across Nigeria to End SARS.
Protesters across New York dropped banners for a wide variety of reasons, including rent cancellation, a 2nd stimulus, and the freeing of all prisoners of ICE held in cages in the city’s detention facility. There was also a #NoNBKPipeline banner dropped from the top of a building, to compensate for the lack of activity that has been going on against it.
On the 14th, Thailand banned protests from going on under the pretext of coronavirus restrictions. In response, thousands of protesters crowded 3 central areas of Bangkok, with most being unarmed and not ready to fight off a police response. Protesters were soon met by hundreds of police, who promptly began to march forward and aim water cannons at the protesters.
Dozens of protesters returned to the streets of Minneapolis for a 2nd day after the police murder of Winston Smith in his car by undercover US Marshals. Demonstrators blocked roads with cars until their tires were slashed by police and towed, after which the crowd burned a dumpster and 10-20 arrests were made.
