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Re:Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong ... by koheripbal on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:00PM (#21129285)
When we are judging individuals, it's important to judge with individual circumstances.

Was THIS protestor being violent? Was THIS police officer justified in firing?

In this case, there is one video that isn't getting much viewership which very clearly shows the protestor who was shot, chasing down and beating a police officer on the ground. The officer that fired was coming to the rescue when the protestor attacked him with a pipe and was shot.

Here is that video from BBC Chinese: https://twitter.com/bbcchinese/status/1179082367337713666

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Re:Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong ... by spacehunt on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:10PM (#21129362)
The video shows that the police officer had his handgun drawn before he was hit with the pipe.

Furthermore, the same officer was actually carrying a rubber bullet gun on him at the time.

Why didn't he deploy rubber bullets at a distance, but instead charged in with his handgun drawn?

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Re:Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong ... by loco5niner on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @07:21PM (#21131962)
This reminds me of the question: "well, can't the officer just shoot the gun out of his hand or something?"
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