Demonstrations against racism and police brutality turned ugly Sunday, and this time we aren't talking about anything that happened in the U.S.
These protests took place in Israel. Hundreds of people marched in Tel Aviv after a video surfaced last week showing an Israel Defense Forces soldier of Ethiopian descent being beaten by police.
Protesters reportedly threw rocks and bottles at police before law enforcement used stun grenades, tear gas and a water cannon to disperse the crowd. The BBC reports at least 20 police officers were injured and 26 people were arrested.
It bears some striking similarities to what's happened in the U.S. over the last several months. Most recently in Baltimore, where the death of a black man in police custody sparked riots that resulted in injuries to police and several building fires.
Similar situations in New York and Ferguson, Missouri also sparked protests and generated accusations of police brutality targeted at African Americans.
Racial disparity is at the center of the clashes in Israel, as well. Although Ethiopian Israelis make up 1 percent of the population, Al Jazeera America reports they account for 30 percent of the population in Israeli jails. (Video via Yeshiva World News)
Back in 2012, there were also protests in Jerusalem over landlords in southern Israel allegedly refusing to rent or sell real estate to Ethiopian Jews.
One of the officers accused of beating the IDF soldier has already been removed from the police force.
