Today’s march in Hong Kong had been banned, but thousands showed anyway up for what has been called as a “prayer gathering”—which does not necessarily need a permit. #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/ENeKvQrEJd
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It’s been hours. There have been massive downpours. They are still marching.pic.twitter.com/yICZPaVhRv
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13th week, and HongKongers are still in the streets. The protesters have just been tear gassed on Harcourt Road—the site of original Umbrella movement. A helicopter is hovering over. A political matter has been delegated to police methods and it’s not working.
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Police threw a lot of tear gas and the protesters threw it back. Barricades moved back and forth. Now a police line about to forward. Facing them is a banner the protesters left behind. It says, simply, “We want democracy.” On the wall, “you can’t kill us all.”
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Natasha Khan
It’s a small miracle and no small blessing that there have yet been no fatalities in the
#HongKongProtests. It’s a terrible idea to outsource a political question to the police force. Hasn’t worked so far. 13 weeks and counting.https://twitter.com/natashakhanhk/status/1167756483645210631 …zeynep tufekci added,
Natasha KhanVerified account @natashakhanhkAugust 31, 2019.#HongKongProtests. Here is the latest ~18:15): - Police fired water cannons/ tear gas to disperse protesters besieging HK's government HQ - Some protesters threw tear-gas canisters into the complex that serves as the HK HQ of China’s PLA https://www.wsj.com/articles/were-not-afraid-hong-kong-protesters-march-in-defiance-of-police-ban-11567240229 …2 replies 35 retweets 111 likesShow this thread -
It’s been like this all day. I just saw a lot of random people coughing and being helped to wash their eyes. Tear gas everywhere.

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I can’t get a good picture but the protesters haven’t dispersed. It’s been almost 10 hours of teargas, foam bullets, arrests... It sometimes looks like a scene out of Blade Runner.
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Replying to @stegersaurus @zeynep
Loooks SOOOO much like Joshua, But definitely not Joshua.
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Yeah got it! *rubs tear gas off eyes*
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