I cant explain how surreal it is to follow a Univ principle past a burnt out car, a fire and a line of protesters so he can give statement about his negotiations w police who fired tons of tear gas at the athletic field and made aggressive arrests here
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I don’t speak Cantonese but has a good account of the ~30 min back and forth bt students and univ on his feed. Frontliners here now telling me they won’t leave until they know arrested students are safe.
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Frontline of protesters moved up near bridge 2 - molotovs, tear gas, bricks, rubber bullets
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These are students, moving behind behind these barriers, under heavy fire #HongKongProtests
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Police in tight line at the edge of bridge no. 2 hard to get a good shot bc of their lights, fires still raging
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Tear gas mixing w molotovs, police moving fwd more
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Still heavy fire of molotovs and tear gas and rubber bullets going on. Front line has inched more toward police again
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Some of heaviest tear gas I’ve seen in part bc this standoff is taking place in a small area, police still on bridge and protesters only a few meters back. They’re doing best w leaf blower to clear all the tear gas smoke
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Protesters are incredibly somehow still moving fwd up the bridge where police are, and despite fire that has been essentially nonstop
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I can’t tell how far away the police line is but protesters are still pushing up the bridge, have def reached the point where police were earlier. Bridge is still full of fire, bricks, tear gas
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Huge crowd still pushing forward across the bridge, using molotovs to gain ground
Heavy water cannon fire on bridge they also sprayed over the cement barrier where press was crouching to take photos
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Undeterred, protesters start another huge fire on the CUHK side of the bridge, and dozens start to walk back over the bridge carrying new barriers and supplies
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This is some of the challenge of getting injured protesters off the bridge as a tear gas canister starts going off a few inches from him
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Back on bridge. We’ve reached the point where they’re putting the javelins to use. (Earlier this afternoon the shot puts were being used to break apart bricks. )
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Still here on the bridge, protesters are building a new barrier w metal stairs and fencing
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Ok I stepped away for a bit but they have multiple barriers at the far end of bridge no. 2 now. Only protesters on the bridge now. Police not in sight
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There are dozens guarding the barrier on the far side of the bridge now, each w a Molotov cocktail in hand and flicking lighters to get ready
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This is frontline of protests on the far side of bridge no. 2. All night this has been a fight to reclaim bridge to keep police out of CUHK
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I legit don’t even know how they did this but protesters just carried the burnt out car that was on fire earlier this afternoon to the bridge?? And added it to the barrier, and cheered when they lifted it and tipped it on its side
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It’s 1am in HK and there’s still a human supply chain of protesters passing supplies to each other as they hold down bridge to CUHK that was earlier occupied by riot police
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There’s a couple dozen protesters here sitting on the ground, pouring petrol in bottles and preparing Molotov cocktails at 2am. Prep doesn’t stop
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Still lots of ppl occupying the bridge. Im headed home for the night. If you are a student/admin/staff at CUHK and wanna talk Im on telegram, +1-9178425374 on WhatsApp/Signal and DMs open. Be back in the morning to continue coverage
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