I was arguing earlier here with @jgriffiths about whose fault the MTR outages are. Tonight couldn't be a clearer example of how the system is shut down punitively by authorities, to try to build resentment against protests. No one was touching the MTR stations I got stuck at
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Forced by MTR closures to take this gorgeous ferry ride across the bay. Other passengers admiring my quiet dignity in the face of hardshippic.twitter.com/8dotc4ojAo
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Arriving in Kowloon, Nathan Rd was a ghost road with neither protesters not police in sight. Nearly every store was shuttered. This is... not how Nathan Rd usually looks on a Friday nightpic.twitter.com/DPiFpo4v91
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It was not a good night to be a mainland Chinese bank. This is the first time I've seen systematic destruction like thispic.twitter.com/uoOyT1ONsS
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Also the closest I've seen to looting in Hong Kong, from what I presume is also a chain with ties to Chinapic.twitter.com/Zx7tfojUah
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Here's a sense of how targeted the property damage is in Hong Kong. This stall vendor kept his stall open while frontliners in full gear bashed through the glass into a Bank of China branch behind him. Then a few patiently queued and bought drinks from his stallpic.twitter.com/zo8PLQIzZK
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For the first time in the protests (and locals can tell me if it's the first time ever), the ENTIRE subway system was shut down, stranding tens of thousands of people. No buses, no subway, no taxis. Some cars that got through stopped to pick up people needing a ride.pic.twitter.com/1J0uC74i3L
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People waited in lines stretching around the block for minibuses that were still running. Others walked for many kilometers on footpic.twitter.com/AqlJlCxRVX
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The police tonight kept a very low profile. I walked past one large group of police vans on Nathan Rd., but they didn't engage, and rode off. Mong Kok police station, a usual flash point, was also fairly quiet. Police did nothing to defend the Legislative Council building either
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Hey, awesome coverage. What are your thoughts on the subway station shutdown? I would think that would keep protesters from going home... Thus leaving them in the protests and giving them an excuse to keep going. Wouldn't that prolong the protest?
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I think it's more of an attempt to turn regular people against the protesters. They tend to avoid the MTR anyway because police have been hiding out in it pretty routinely for the last month
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"We're only doing this because of the protesters, get them to stop and your lives go back to normal." That's an interesting tactic.pic.twitter.com/UUlQtQOqZz
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