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Re:Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong ... by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @09:39AM (#21125177)
> the violence is at least unnecessary if not detrimental to the movement

Judgement is complicated by documented evidence of undercover Hong Kong police dressing up as protesters and acting like belligerent idiots [1].

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/22/world/hong-kong-police-pr...

Re:Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong ... by koheripbal on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:04PM (#21129319)
Sure, but not in this particular case. The protestor that was shot was caught on the same video chasing down a police officer and beating him before getting shot.

https://twitter.com/bbcchinese/status/1179082367337713666

Re:Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong ... by marvin on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @05:24PM (#21130858)
This always happens. It's the most effective way to create the illusion of legitimacy for using violence to kill peaceful protest. The French police have been doing it for ages.
Re:Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong ... by ummonk on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @06:32PM (#21131564)
Yes, but in this case the kid was engaging directly in violence so unless he himself was an agent provocateur, this particular shooting can’t be blamed on undercover cops.
Re:Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong ... by kaonashi on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @03:29PM (#21139943)
Not to mention that the protests were initially peaceful, then they were repeatedly attacked by gangs at the behest of the local authorities.