Hong Kong police storm metro system after protests

[brooklynite]

Source: BBC

Hong Kong police have violently tackled suspected protesters after thousands marched in the city in defiance of a ban.

Images show police hitting people with batons and using pepper spray on a train in Hong Kong's underground metro.

Police said they were called to the scene amid violence against citizens by "radical protesters".

However it is unclear if all those injured and arrested in the metro system were involved in demonstrations.




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[pangaia]

1. Sad.....

[Roy Rolling]

2. We must remember

China is a fuckin’ Communist Dictatorship ruled by the military. That’s how they make things happen—by decree. Citizens have no rights, they are only tolerated to serve the government’s needs.