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.
About 100 protesters took part in a 3-hour march on the 8th of October against police violence in the city and nearby St. Paul, where dozens of black men have been disproportionately killed by police. Many also believe that the police reports claiming that those killed were armed can be forged with no other active witnesses being there a lot of the time.
Protesters across Poland, from Krakow to Gdansk, took to the streets against an abortion ban by the PiS (Law and Justice Party). The government has pulled back on the ban for all fetuses except those with Down Syndrome, which has helped calm the clashes but not the protests.
On the 11th of October, the Nigerian government pledged to dismantle SARS, although many take it to be a farce and continue protesting for their goals of police reform/defunding. 10 protesters have been killed in previous days, and the demonstrations become bigger every day. A nationwide campaign has begun across Nigeria to End SARS.
Dozens of protesters in Washington DC participated in the Black History Month march, speaking up about rampant human rights abuses committed by police and the government of the United States against queer and black people.
