The confrontation at Polytechnic U right now is happening because police have cornered students and are charging in. In other words, it's a police decision to maximize confrontation. If there were a way out, people would have left hours ago.
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Imagine this happening in your city after five months of protest, and your government having nothing to say. The silence from Carrie Lam is no longer surprising, but still remarkable.
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The profound cynicism of the police blocking every exit at Polytechnic University and then urging protesters via loudspeaker to leave is an exact microcosm of the situation Hong Kong finds itself in. Cornered, desperate, and being told to stop hurting itself by its oppressors
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