Hundreds of protesters took to Oakland’s streets on Friday night following the killings of two black people at the hands of the police, 13-year-old Adam Toledo in Chicago and 20-year-old Daunte Wright near Minneapolis, local media reported. Some local businesses had boarded up their windows as a precautionary measure. The …
Read More »WATCH protesters torch police union building as anger over Daunte Wright’s killing fuels growing unrest in Portland
Around 100 demonstrators on Tuesday night gathered at a nearby park before marching to the Portland Police Associate (PPA) building, the city’s police force said. Protesters launched fireworks and used vehicles to block adjacent roads. Portland police issued numerous warnings over a loudspeaker telling the crowd that they needed to …
Read More »‘Unlawful assembly’ declared, pepper spray fired as protesters besiege Brooklyn Center police department in defiance of curfew
An hour and 45 minutes after the 7 pm curfew went into effect, police issued a final “unlawful assembly” warning and deployed crowd control weapons. Some of the activists outside – carrying shields and umbrellas and wearing helmets – responded by throwing fireworks and smothering gas canisters with traffic cones. …
Read More »Counter-protesters vastly outnumber ‘klansmen’ at California #WhiteLivesMatter rally as much-publicized event fails to materialize
Several dozen Black Lives Matter activists have showed up for a counter-protest in response to a rumoured ‘White Lives Matter’ rally that was expected to take place at Huntington Beach Pier on Sunday afternoon. However, only several right-wing demonstrators showed up and were immediately heckled by the crowd, run out …
Read More »Reports of ‘80 protesters killed’ in one day as post-coup military crackdown continues in Myanmar
The reported casualties were a result of clashes that occurred in Bago through Thursday night and Friday, according to the country’s Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP). Witnesses claimed that the troops surrounded the demonstrators early on Friday, using firearms and rifle grenades against them. “It is like genocide. They are …
Read More »Myanmar protesters refuse to give up mass rallies after bloodiest weekend since coup (VIDEOS)
The civil unrest continued across Myanmar into Monday, with thousands protesting the February 1 coup, as well as mourning the victims of the violence. Some 114 people were reportedly killed and dozens more injured over the weekend – the bloodiest since the beginning of the protests and the military crackdown …
Read More »Hundreds of detained anti-coup protesters released in Myanmar – media
The detainees were released from Insein prison of Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, on Wednesday. Some 16 buses carrying the freed protesters left the penal facility early in the morning, according to lawyer Khin Maung Myint. “They were sent to related police stations to go back home… Some clients called me …
Read More »Kill the bill: Protesters clash with cops in UK, in demonstration against ‘draconian’ policing legislation (VIDEOS)
The House of Commons passed a controversial policing bill last week which, in addition to providing stiffer penalties for serious crime, sets out prison sentences of up to 10 years for anyone causing “serious annoyance or inconvenience” in public – a provision that activists say will be used to clamp …
Read More »German police clash with protesters at Kassel demonstration against Covid-19 restrictions (VIDEO)
Protests against Covid-19 restrictions in multiple major cities across the country were planned for Saturday, with the biggest occurring in the central German city of Kassel. According to local media reports, citing police, at least 10 thousand people showed up for a rally there, many of them refusing to wear …
Read More »Dutch police shower anti-lockdown protesters with water cannons after crowd assembles near Van Gogh Museum (VIDEOS)
The anti-lockdown rally gathered on Saturday in Amsterdam’s Museumplein, a green open space named for the three national museums located in the area. The protest took place without a permit from the municipality, so the police declared Museumplein a security risk area, threatening a possible crackdown on those gathering there. …
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