Demonstrators gathered outside of the Portland ICE facility demanding the abolition of the group, as a part of the sustained protests that have been kept up in the city. Protesters blocked any vehicles from getting in, before getting threatened with arrest by roughly a dozen DHS agents and promptly dispersing.
The Misak tribe is a tribe from Western Colombia (Cauca Department), which attended the Minga 2020 protests in which 150,000 indigenous people demonstrated against the government. The Misak occupied the El Dorado airport in Bogota in protest against the massacres committed by government-backed paramilitaries against indigenous and poor people.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Medellín, in opposition to police violence amid a general strike and the privatization of healthcare. Police murdered a frontline protester, shooting him with live rounds during confrontations near the end of the demonstration.
Hundreds of Kurds gathered in the city of Said Sadiq/Saydsadq in the Iraqi Kurdish administration, burning down all buildings belonging to the government and political parties following the suppressing of worker strikes earlier in December. Smoke clouds could be seen from miles away due to the burning of the aforementioned structures, including the town hall and municipal office.
Activists from Shut Down DC gathered to protest against Trump, calling for his impeachment and expulsion from the White House and presidency. They were trailed by more police than there were protesters, while only carrying 2 banners and seemingly presenting no threat of violence.
