Thousands of protesters took to the streets across Cali, demanding the immediate withdrawal of the Tributary Reform in Colombia, which would enact new taxes on basic goods and services for the lower and middle class in Colombia. Police responded with brutal repression, killing at least 7 protesters and firing indiscriminately with live rounds and tanks.
Hundreds of protesters in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center took to the streets for a 2nd day to demand justice for 20-year-old Daunte Wright, an unarmed black man murdered by officer Katie Potter on the 11th of April. Police and the national guard attacked the demonstration, shooting tear gas and rubber bullets at the crowd.
40 protesters gathered in Portland for a Black Lives Matter march after the decision made by the DOJ to acquit the murderer of Tamir Rice, moving from Director Park to SW Jefferson Street and then dispersing without any arrests made. Windows were broken, buildings were spray-painted, and paintballs were fired.
Dozens of protesters in the island town of Palma took to the streets to demand the release of Pablo Hasel, a left-wing Catalan rapper arrested and facing charges for insulting the Bourbon royal family of Spain.
Over a thousand protesters gathered in Heraklion for the biggest protest in the city’s history, demanding the end of a proposed law that would bring police back to university campuses across Greece, proposed by the Minister of Education Niki Kerameos.
