On the 5th of October, at around 1 A.M., another demonstration took place against police, albeit far smaller. Police violently assaulted protesters, and then left after realizing that the situation would not escalate without their presence. Credit to Sergio Olmos for the filming.
Dozens of students in Ioannina marched against police repression seen at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, demanding the repeal of a law put forward by Minister of Education Niki Kerameos which allowed police to return to universities for the first time since 1975.
Around 150 protesters in Portland marched to demand justice for Patrick Kimmons, a victim of police brutality in 2018 whose case was reopened. Demonstrators sang chants against police, prisons, and capitalism as Kimmons’ mother led the march demanding due process for her son.
Dozens of protesters in the Santiago neighborhood of La Pincoya took to the streets against the police state of Chile and neoliberal corporate tyranny. Police responded with brutal repression, shooting water cannons in a residential area and tear-gassing a playground.
Dozens of protesters in Thessaloniki gathered outside of local courthouses in solidarity with those facing charges from clashes in recent student demonstrations against a law bringing police back to universities, which resulted in the arrests of dozens of people.
