No one at any level of the Hong Kong police force has resigned or faced disciplinary action during a four-month period when the cops shot two schoolchildren with live rounds, hospitalized hundreds, attacked random passengers in an MTR station, and pepper-sprayed a mosque.
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The police force faces multiple allegations of sexual assault and physical abuse of people in custody. Many people left arrest with severe injuries that they didn't have going in. Over half the Hong Kong population says they have 0 trust in the police, on a scale of 0-10
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It's important to understand the calls for democracy in Hong Kong as fueled in large part by a lack of accountability for a police force that has spun out of control. Four months of police violence have radicalized a population that would have settled for much less in June.
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Everyone fears an escalation in Hong Kong where the police begin to shoot for real, and are not held back. It is a small miracle there haven't been fatalities yet, and I hope this window for de-escalation stays open.
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