Dozens of protesters in Coquimbo clashed with Chilean law enforcement, known as Carabineros, during a demonstration demanding police abolition after the death of a man in a police station and the murder of a street juggler in Panguipulli for failing to present his ID.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets and clashed with police in opposition to the monarchy of Thailand and the rule of Prime Minister Prayut, a general who assumed office in the 2014 military coup and largely seen as responsible for the mishandling of the pandemic and lack of vaccines.
Protesters took to the streets across Chile, with hundreds of thousands gathering in Plaza Dignidad and other squares. Millions celebrated the replacement of the constitution that was created by the Pinochet regime in a historic plebiscite, which gained 78% of the vote in approval of a new constitution for the Chilean people. Many clashes with the police occurred, but no arrests did.
Tens of thousands of protesters returned to the streets of Colombia against new tax hikes on the middle class, privatization of healthcare, and decades of a conservative establishment maintaining a chokehold on the nation. Police and the military responded brutally, using live rounds and killing several protesters in various cities.
Dozens of protesters returned to the streets of Kenosha after it was decided that the police who shot Jacob Blake would not be charged with any crime, prompting hundreds of members of the National Guard to arrive on the scene. The march stayed peaceful the entire time, with Blake’s father, Justin, leading it for the majority of the protest.
