Protesters took to the streets before the election, stating that pressure will continue regardless of who wins. They were met by a unified police command of Oregon State police, Multnomah county sheriffs, and the Portland Police Bureau. Demonstrators also attacked the Portland State University campus.
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Hundreds of protesters in Volos marched against police brutality in Greece, seen recently after a college student was beaten by police in a park under the guise of enforcing coronavirus restrictions and an invasion of a university occupation by plainclothes officers which resulted in 33 arrests.
Abolitionists in the California Bay broke windows and tagged graffiti on the South San Francisco courthouse, and stated that the action was inspired by successful hits in Vacaville and San Francisco, where no arrests occurred. The glass of the front entrance was entirely shattered, and the face was used as a canvas for political slogans.
Around 1000 protesters in Thessaloniki marched on International Women’s Day starting from the Statue of Venizelos, demanding an end to patriarchal violence and oppression during a #MeToo wave of allegations of sexual assault and harassment against top officials in the Greek government.