7:20PM The sound of clanging metal reverberated over crescendoing cheers. To conceal those smashing the glass gates, protesters have huddled around them with a moving wall of umbrellas.pic.twitter.com/uePf7VSJFU
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Protesters used hand signals like these as they called for materials used to charge into the government building.pic.twitter.com/7AvcvLuAD3
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7:32PM Paths were cleared for protesters running towards the LegCo entrance with trash cans, ladders, barricades, or cardboard pieces amid cheers. Protesters waved their arms in their air, chanting and signing for additional materials.pic.twitter.com/7K3FhGeVOT
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9:30PM Inside the LegCo building, a protester cleared sheets of shattered glass away from the path.pic.twitter.com/NUdhPEz5Fy
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That’s what the trash cans were for: collecting broken glass.pic.twitter.com/LUKUXo6KwW
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Protesters told me that while they did not personally break into the complex, they supported those on the front lines who did. Peaceful protest methods were ineffective, they said, and they increasingly felt open to a more confrontational approach.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/30/world/asia/hong-kong-protest-live-updates.html …
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“We have been too peaceful for the past few times, so the police think we are easily bullied,” Natalie Fung, 28, told me. “The younger people are risking their safety and their futures for us.”
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Others pointed out that protesters did not use violence today. "We are not rioters! The government is the one who used violence and tear gas against protesters," a 25-year-old civil servant told me. She declined to give her name for fear of being fired.
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