This guarantees that what could have been a massive legal assembly tomorrow will be a massive illegal assembly, which carries a potential 10 year jail sentence to participants if police deem it a "riot". This profoundly cynical act by the police endangers the people of Hong Kong
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My understanding is that this onerous riot law, along with the system of colored flags police use to warn protesters when they will shoot at them, is a relic of British colonial rule. It could have been repealed before the handover, but Britain is never thoughtful when leaving
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Old joke: KISSINGER: In America, we have freedom of assembly. Any citizen can stand outside the White House and protest U.S. involvement in Vietnam. BREZHNEV: We also have this freedom here. Any Soviet citizen can stand outside the Kremlin and protest U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
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