SHAME-FREE thread: ask the dumbest question you have about the Hong Kong protests. I'll try to answer it or loop in a real Hong Konger to answer it for you. No question too ignorant or basic.
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It's a shame-free thread! The original protests were over an extradition bill that eroded Hong Kong's autonomy, and many saw as a first step to a full mainland takeover. Now they have expanded mostly into a reaction to police violence and unaccountable, unelected government.
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One of the demands was met, which was the formal withdrawal of the extradition bill. But that was too little, too late. The biggest issue right now is the police brutality that has gone unpunished and uninvestigated. That demand is much of the motor driving the protests.
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