Police in Los Angeles attacked civil rights protesters in the California city’s downtown, assaulting several activists including parents of people murdered by the same police department.
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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.
Hundreds of protesters in Jalalabad took to the streets against the Taliban, marching with the Afghan national flag and replacing the Taliban flag in the city with the national tricolor. Taliban forces fired on the protest with live rounds, killing at least 3 demonstrators.
#RevolutionNow protests in Nigeria continued throughout the 17th, and grew drastically. From a small movement that had hundreds of protesters, thousands of demonstrators marched through Lagos, Ibadan, Abuja, and other cities. Protesters also attacked the motorcade of a governor whose police forces had killed several unarmed and peaceful protesters.
Dozens of protesters in Athens gathered for demonstrations in solidarity with the November 17 hunger striker Dimitris Koufontinas, demanding his transfer to the Korydallos Prison of Athens. Despite gathering at the separate areas of Omonia, the Propalyaea, and Syntagma Square, police assaulted protesters at all 3 locations, making brutal arrests and attacking the press.
