The Hong Kong government had a two week respite (and election, and change of police commanders). But it wasted this window for reconciliation like it wasted a similar one in August
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The very large protest is being funnelled onto a high overpass above the exit to the cross-harbour tunnel. This is not a safe place if people were to stampede. PolyU visible aheadpic.twitter.com/2LJqNaHwxB
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Seriously one of the most hazardous crowd situations I’ve seen in the protests. Police aggressively enforced this inadequate route despite overwhelming numbers.pic.twitter.com/V4DyTa4ZSm
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Huge cheer as protest flag is raised over the Hong Kong Coliseumpic.twitter.com/5WgDkAvZGu
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Still scary level of crowding on the overpass and a definite smell of pepper spray in the airpic.twitter.com/vswchLNXoW
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Reading reports of tear gas fired. This is a police authorised protest, so it’s full of families and kids. Police have stood outnumbered by 1000:1 in some parts of the route with no fear. They have no cause to gas people
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Trying not to read too much into where today’s march endedpic.twitter.com/sStyhVKCah
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I stayed a block away from there in 2018 — are there a lot of demonstrations in that part of Kowloon now?
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Demonstrations tend to move up and down Nathan Rd. opportunistically. Prince Edward is a reliable starting point because of the events of 8/31. Protests are more common in Mong Kok and rarely get south of Tsim Sha Tsui police station, but it happens.
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