Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Bogota for a 5th consecutive day of demonstrations against the privatization of healthcare and police violence in Colombia. Police attacked demonstrators, who gathered at a variety of sites across the city, using tear gas, tanks, and live rounds to attempt to suppress the protests.
Protesters demonstrated for a second night after the police-involved killing of Karon Hylton outside of a DC precinct, with Hylton’s family attending and being tear-gassed and pepper-sprayed by police. Protesters began to employ fireworks as a means of deterring police, with over 10 injuries from firework strikes over the night.
Protesters took to the streets for the 4-year anniversary of the murder of Renee Davis, an indigenous black woman. More than 200 protesters attended the demonstration, demanding justice for her and her unborn son.
Protesters took to the streets in Israel for the 17th week in a row against the corruption and human rights abuses committed by Netanyahu, with thousands of protesters crowding the streets of West Jerusalem. Many see Netanyahu as the same authoritarian strongman as Donald Trump in the US, and are frightened by the prospects of him acting as such.
Protesters in Brownsville protested against the North Brooklyn Fracked Gas Pipeline in New York, with dozens of people attending demanding the halting of the development of the pipeline that could pollute poorer and black-majority areas of the city.
