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A heart wrenching thing in the protests is how little protection people have against police violence. You see a lot of boogie boards and inflatable rafts used as shieldspic.twitter.com/cmNsjgfkEd
Black flag is up at Prince Edward (tear gas threat). Note the trapped buses. Putting on a tear gas mask, if they have one, risks passengers a year in jailpic.twitter.com/hSmL66DhwH
Not a great weekend for the Bank of China. That's a branch getting re-demolished on the left; blue and white building in background on the right is a major police station. I don't think the mask ban is workingpic.twitter.com/ftCLdKlJZ5
Police firing tear gas from the roof of Prince Edward station about 90 minutes ago. Note how they fire it horizontally, against safety regulations. This is now completely routine for HKPFpic.twitter.com/iTPer9zVgK
Residents caught in tear gas without protection trying to run away, shepherded by a first aider. Police across the street are firing foam bulletspic.twitter.com/QG05uuAawb
The aquarium district is right around the corner from Mong Kok police station and I always feel so bad for the critters when police there fire tins of tear gaspic.twitter.com/BweNugTsf4
Self portrait with tear gassed tortoisespic.twitter.com/ovgbKRw3yl
Hong Kong government: businesses are being terrorized by rioters Hong Kong businesses: are you protesting? Please have some free water!pic.twitter.com/WhsHuskZcx
Not at all ominous headlinehttps://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3031734/china-breeds-giant-pigs-size-polar-bears-african-swine-fever …
Large crowd facing down police at Nathan and Argyle. Mostly appear to be residents, not frontliners. Blue flag (illegal assembly) raisedpic.twitter.com/2WsPSZ9pzN
Police fired very strong tear gas a block away from this huge line of civilians waiting for transportation. Multiple first aid casespic.twitter.com/3LHjLz0KK1
Residents chased police away along argyle St despite multiple tear gas barrages. Note the tear gas here going up the side of a residential building. People not safe from HKPF even in homespic.twitter.com/wyfPSJQjk1
Press inspecting some new kind of flash bang tear gas thing that got thrown out waypic.twitter.com/LG24Vm0jl0
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