There is this folklore that American cops are trigger happy against protesters, but as far as I can tell the last time police shot demonstrators was the Jackson State killings in 1970. Saying this not to minimize police violence, but to stop it being used as an excuse like thishttps://twitter.com/VerbatimHKG/status/1294373338387607552 …
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Pretty fine line. Maybe I'm missing that nuance in that quote, original source not clear, they just said "shooting". I didn't pick up an implied "US police would have killed them"
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Yes, that's the wider context here. HK police and authorities have said this before, that if this were America, the police would have already shot to kill. It's their way of trying to praise their own thuggery as restraint.
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"It's not even live ammunition!" I say as the tear gas canister strikes my face, severing my optic nerve.
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From your lips to God's ear
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