source: GroundUp
actor1: Rioters (South Africa)
actor2: Police Forces of South Africa (1994-)
location: Kleinmond
notes: On 5 October 2020, community members barricaded roads with burning tires in Kleinmond (Overberg, Western Cape) after five men were arrested for abalone poaching. Demonstrators pelted stones at police who used rubber bullets to disperse the crowd. A journalist was seriously injured when a brick was smashed through his car window. The demonstrators told journalists that although illegal, the poaching of abalone sustains the community. [size=no report]