Past the march endpoint, lots of people are putting on raincoats (to defend against the water cannon) and tear gas masks. Most are going home, as exhorted to by organizers by megaphone
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Now there is an elaborate recessional of frontliners taking place towards central away from the cops. A batallion of armored press is in slow pursuitpic.twitter.com/dHJLVMxJ8i
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If CHRF can pull off a miracle tonight and get frontliners to just go home I will be amazed. They did it on August 18; it may be happening again now. Only press and bystanders are left on Des Voeux past the CHRF vanpic.twitter.com/3gv59rgMpV
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Blue flag is up on Pedder St., just a block from the van trying to keep the peace. I think frontliners believe they're protecting departing peaceful protesters by forming up herepic.twitter.com/TnW9DuiZlS
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Police here are fairly chill, letting demonstrators just arriving at the terminus disperse. A festive five demands poster is the reason for the seasonpic.twitter.com/tpCCyqAKU3
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It's pretty calm in central, and basically up to the police if they want to make it a fight. Hong Kong frontliners see their role as protective so they will not leave before everyone leaves, but if the police don't lose their shit everyone may just go homepic.twitter.com/pBrb3AJLDw
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CHRF organizers are doing a stellar job defusing tension at the terminus. It's not easy getting a leaderless movement to agree to go home, but there's lots of respect for the peaceful marcherspic.twitter.com/DUuWHFcbEJ
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Lots of people changing out of frontliner gear into street clothes, always a good sign
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Interesting that all the sharpest clashes I saw on Des Voeux rd tonight were between police and the press. Presence of blue jacketed media liaisons, who usually mediate, didn't help.
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People are putting down their umbrellas and hitting the tea stands. CHRF has proved it can consistently pull off peaceful gigantic marches. So why were so many permits refused?pic.twitter.com/cDTWoyoavs
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The remains of the Pedder St barricade. Fewer than 20 cops are left herepic.twitter.com/7d58tawN63
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Subverting the tools of late capitalism to build revolutionary consciousness!pic.twitter.com/TKHSVpRkn4
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