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Re:Chinese military entering Shenzen, just across the border... by JulianMorrison on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @06:12AM (#20684209)
The pictures we're seeing is of cops beating, rubber-shooting and tear-gassing protesters in tight spaces without obvious provocation.
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Re:Chinese military entering Shenzen, just across the border... by rruieews on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @09:13AM (#20685455)
Here are videos of protestors beating cops and other innocent bystanders,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd1nW7Oa3mc

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Re:Chinese military entering Shenzen, just across the border... by ptx on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @10:53AM (#20686402)
The video looks consistent with that I've heard reported elsewhere: Protestors are not attacking people, only symbols of the Chinese government. The violence that has been perpetrated has been directed towards the protestors, e.g. the knife attack on a protestor, the fireworks shot at protestors (seen in the video) and various excesses of the police.
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Re:Chinese military entering Shenzen, just across the border... by Tigah_pawszzz on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @06:26AM (#20684285)
Every story has two sides and things on the other side - police officers bitten to bleed or eyes flashed by high power laser pointers. The sad thing is, we gotta take whatever the media feeds us:)
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Re:Chinese military entering Shenzen, just across the border... by tgragnato on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @06:35AM (#20684339)
HKers are protesting because (for historical and economical reasons) they have been blessed by an incredible fortune, a fortune that's shaming away.

We could talk about reasons and sides, but that's misleading and unproductive. The sad reality is that China is a "Unitary one-party socialist republic", a bad euphemism for an undemocratic country ruled by a single dictatorial party.

There's a lot of misinformation surrounding the violence of protesters, but let's not forget that these officers are protecting the interests of a regime.

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