Today there was a great anti-totalitarian march in Hong Kong. Police tried to stop it before it even started, with tear gas and rubber bullets, but the city marched, including families with small children. Here you see people singing the new Hong Kong anthem.pic.twitter.com/peWOeNxf7H
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This is the seventeenth week of mass protests. Today's march overwhelmed the police by force of numbers, but they then spent the rest of the day and evening getting their revenge. Much of central Hong Kong is closed down tonight.pic.twitter.com/JhqMFlYPUH
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The Hong Kong government talks about rule of law, but the police have become a lawless force unto themselves. Many people were hurt today. I saw tear gas and pepper spray used indiscriminately. One officer pretending to be a protester fired a live roundpic.twitter.com/oCnMGpEBkN
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This city is resilient and defiant. Two days before what is supposed to be a choreographed 70th anniversary celebration of the founding of the People's Republic of China, they once again took to the streets to demand democracypic.twitter.com/QoLWscvw6A
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If you are in San Francisco, please go to the rally at Civic Center today at 2 PM. If you are in New York, please go to the 11:30 AM rally at Pier 81. One of the most frequent chants here, in English, is "stand with Hong Kong!" Today is a chance to do that!pic.twitter.com/WjbEqWj2sz
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All I can offer in gratitude is bonus water cannon footage. This thing is so fancy! It was made by Mercedes-Benz, and bought from France. It's so new it still has that brand new water cannon smell! Being pepper-sprayed and dyed blue by this thing is a memory to last a lifetimepic.twitter.com/Y3Hw84HVkp
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