Protesters dropped 2 banners, in English and Spanish, outside of the Wyatt Detention Center which houses undocumented immigrants caught by DHS and ICE. They called for the abolition of police, prisons, and the closing of the Wyatt Detention Center.
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Despite heavy levels of militarized police at the Alameda and the University of Chile, thousands of protesters poured into the streets of Santiago demanding the resignation of Chilean President Sebastian PiƱera. Clashes continued through the night, as the last protesters dispersed around 10:00 P.M.
Hundreds gathered in Bogota for a memorial protest in honor of Dilan Cruz, a university student killed in the 2019 protests in Colombia. Demonstrators marched down the commercial sector of the city, running into police during the march. The two sides clashed, with protesters cursing out the police as they left, appearing unwilling to fight.
Belgian youth in Brussels continued to ramp up occupation of several areas into New Year’s day, clashing with police and setting fires against state repression and brutality against people’s movements.
Protesters returned to the Bergen County Jail in solidarity with imprisoned migrants put in detention at the facility, demanding their release and amnesty for all arrested protesters during the clashes of December 12 that resulted in multiple arrests.