[THREAD] Why Beijing turned HK into a Gotham City after 430000 people took to the street to against Beijing suppression #antiELAB #AntiExtraditionBill #FreedomHKGpic.twitter.com/CGL6UcRSy7
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1. What I witnessed in Sheung Wan: Police fired on retreating protesters without warning, Teargas was thrown into pedestrian bridge; Police clubbed journalists with batons.
@nathanlawkc along with legislators almost got grabbed by an out of control & yelling riot police.pic.twitter.com/Ihtk4mW9qo
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2. Police was in a rush to clear out the crowd outside the Liaison Office (LOCPG) since the building represents Beijing’s authority. LOCPG imposes a lot of abusive and repressive measures on HK - reinterpreting basic law, unseated democratically-elected lawmakers.pic.twitter.com/bktrcc8him
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3. Meanwhile, local mob in Yuen Long attacked unarmed civilians brutally and indistinguishably including pregnant women, elderly, journalist, children. Law enforcement in the area was completely out of order. Police stations in concerned areas shut the doors.pic.twitter.com/LVS8ywTAFV
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4. Apart from condemning violence and police inaction, we should bear in mind the LOCPG also caused this turmoil. Active intervention in the rural interests in the past few years marked the new spheres of influence in the NT area - gang, police, powerful villagers and govt.pic.twitter.com/HGysg7xivH
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5. The conflicts happened in either Sheung Wan or Yuen Long tonight has revealed the evil side of LOCPG’s intervention. We were either asking - why the police shoot protestors again and again, or whether the police deliberately refrain from arresting the violent gangsters.pic.twitter.com/1wdvsFpxzv
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6. No doubt Carrie Lam has turned her administration ungovernable. But by hiding away from her self-inflicted disaster, Carrie Lam unexpectedly exposed the longstanding structural political inequality in HK and embarrassed the whole governing class including LOCPG and Beijing.pic.twitter.com/MbPrJtbAQq
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