Along the highway to Poly U we have protesters who came to flank the police and now more police coming in behind the protesters. It would have made for a tough moment for protesters, but they got a warning police were coming and took off mostly down a side street.pic.twitter.com/rtwXXayabi
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The call now is for supporters to stream in from all directions to free the students and others on the campus. What we’re seeing along the highway is one stream of protesters responding to a call to arms that’s supposed to flank police on all sides. Police seem aware of this.pic.twitter.com/LuJ8fBesFL
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The anger and noise of those flowing in from elsewhere has been pretty amazing.pic.twitter.com/R2pPxIByOZ
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Im on the east side, but on the west side the same thing seems to be happening. Crowds coming to confront police who have the PolyU campus surrounded and are letting no one leave. At least 100s inside, many determined for a showdown.https://twitter.com/stegersaurus/status/1196094319955976192?s=21 …
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Scene at the front lines of the campus. The water is not easy to defy. Stings badly and has a lot of force behind it.https://twitter.com/jamespomfret/status/1196095177724583936?s=21 …
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Police have created quite the buffer on the east side of campus. No protesters seem to be getting close.pic.twitter.com/tdBUiIpvpR
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New barricades going up outside the police lines. Supplying themselves with all the spoils of an open construction site.pic.twitter.com/nmMs2N0jia
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As we wander the perimeter trying to get closer, there are small standoffs everywhere. Heard just before police started firing tear gas and rubber bullets on this position: “Fuck you, I pay your salary you mother fuckers.”pic.twitter.com/QzqMpEESCO
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A large group is following Bishop Joseph Ha and several pan dems as they try to find a way onto campus to help negotiate. People are calling out to students in the dorms nearby telling them to join and save their classmates. The crowd grows...pic.twitter.com/QyFSrtvUrs
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The Bishop and his train of students, protesters and journalists have found a route to the west side where the fighting and police presence is more intense.pic.twitter.com/bgQFbNjPcR
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And the Bishop and pan dems weren’t let in by the police. They were also threatened for good measure, with police saying the group following them would be an illegal assembly if they didn’t disperse.pic.twitter.com/Z8xJqFKqHB
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Things seemed quiet just about everywhere. Then we got to Jordan, where a large group of frontliners continue to push towards PolyU. Likely nasty standoffs continuing and it’s now 4am here.pic.twitter.com/pTI7v8Hbjt
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Pretty decent explosion just went off amidst the crowd in Jordan.pic.twitter.com/1e5x00Xdm5
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And things have gotten very intense in Jordan as the rescue team of protesters fight multiple fronts with police. Molotov’s and tear gas everywhere. This is Hong Kong, 4am Monday morning.pic.twitter.com/5xnOSAzY4X
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And that seems to be the end. PolyU still surrounded. Police sleeping or standing guard. The protesters trying to break out the students never got close. The standoff seems like it will carry on into Monday daytime.pic.twitter.com/oriLIs6Y13
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And strike that. Now shooting going off as police apparently start storming PolyU. Can’t see much from here and can’t get in.pic.twitter.com/jwL59iN7ve
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On PolyU campus, as police push in. It’s almost 6am.https://twitter.com/laurelchor/status/1196183885324775424?s=21 …
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With the sun coming up this is the best view we can get of PolyU. Smoke is rising, blasts coming consistently from police tear gas, and every so often the flare of a Molotov or some other bomb.pic.twitter.com/VC8gL3LxoE
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What it looks like at the entrance for those who are inside.https://twitter.com/jamespomfret/status/1196186422404775936?s=21 …
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Smoke drifting across the Hong Kong skyline as police carry out a dawn raid of PolyU and it burns.pic.twitter.com/Bdw03QvA3y
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Sizable explosions can be seen even from afar at the entrance. These sorts of flames are going off every few minutes.pic.twitter.com/nZ5tQ5Ajgg
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Pretty big fire going at the main entrance to the building where it seems police still haven’t broke through. From the live feeds seems it’s a flaming barricade of chairs and other debris blocking the steps.pic.twitter.com/k8mhHHCa4t
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So for the past ten minutes or so things have quietened down significantly. Seems there’s a ceasefire and police have stopped their assault. The big fire is out. Students still seem in control of the entrance. But the whole school is smoldering in a haze of smoke and tear gas.pic.twitter.com/zxQcZxN44w
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