Okay so the injured person was someone tackled by the police, suspected spinal injury. :-( It appears that it took a firefighter intervening to get some attention. See thread. (Sorry for sideway videos! On mobile!)https://twitter.com/stegersaurus/status/1168916795010494467 …
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MLK, Mandela, Havel, Churchill and others as voiceover for the promo for the 9/29 protests! It is going to be a busy weekend, with the fifth anniversary of the Umbrella Movement and the 70th anniversary of mainland China both coming up! https://twitter.com/tomgrundy/status/1177239068846878720/video/1 …
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Tonight’s rally in Hong Kong on detainees and police misconduct, was pretty large. But the big one is tomorrow: a “global anti-totalitarianism march” followed on October 1st by a “wear black” day on the anniversary of mainland China’s founding. Big weekend for
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The crowd coming out of the subway for the fifth anniversary of the Umbrella revolution rally is so big and dense that we can barely move. Popular chant: “five demands, not one less.” More and more protesters tell me the fifth, universal suffrage, is the most important to them.pic.twitter.com/DJ1C8iYUI4
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The rally had barely started, but I already saw the red flag and police are already using pepper spray on people entering the rally. Meanwhile, a small orchestra (right past the pepper spray) is practicing “Glory to Hong Kong”—the anthem that didn’t even exist until recently.pic.twitter.com/OsoVrHPo5E
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On its fifth anniversary, the Umbrella movement is back where it started, occupying Harcourt road. It’s tear gas, pepper spray, water cannons (blue water laced with something that burns) against a sea of umbrellas. But the movement is different—tenor, goals & methods all evolved.pic.twitter.com/kuo8CrrwlY
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Causeway “anti totalitarian” march. An hour before scheduled gathering time and the tear gas warning flag is up already.
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See the rifles for Hong Kong police are holding? Made in Pennsylvania, USA.
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So we got tear gassed again. Ugh. In the middle of the shopping district. This woman was caught in the middle, and very badly affected. I watched a Hong Kong journalist give her his mask. He went out to work again without a mask. (We got her a medic.)
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Hong Long protesters ended up marching anyway, despite the teargas. They had a contingent with United Nations and world flags. I also watched the Hong Kong police shoot rubber bullets and tear gas canisters directly at the protesters. Their weapons are made in Pennsylvania, USA.pic.twitter.com/WVoq34rAWd
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I was very near this—police disguised as protester was discovered, pulled gun. Live round reportedly fired. People rushed towards us to tell us. Hong Kong protesters keep coming up to me to plead with me to tell the world what’s happening.https://twitter.com/lokinhei/status/1178286307061055488 …
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Today’s theme in
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Also, Hong Kong protesters are pretty clear in their demands. They have five enumerated ones, of which they already won one. It mostly comes down to preserving their autonomy as promised under two systems one country. But they also want universal suffrage.pic.twitter.com/KsowGOSkKw
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Here’s a great investigation of the Pennsylvania factory and its poorly-paid workers brewing teargas that is being used on Hong Kong protesters. I took that picture of that canister here in Hong Kong.
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Sad news! Seems the Indonesian journalist shot in the eye by the Hong Kong police may have permanent damage.
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Just a note of
#ff appreciation. I find her Twitter feed to be among the most useful ones for following Hong Kong. She seems to be everywhere, or always come through with explanations and context.https://twitter.com/xinqisu/status/1178501449992400897 …Show this thread -
At the 45 second mark, you see the Hong Kong police, under no threat, turn right around and shoot directly into the gaggle of journalists, injuring in the eye Veby Mega Indah, journalist with Suara HK News—a local paper read especially by domestic workers.https://twitter.com/_szheng/status/1178348910407897088 …
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There was a Christian prayer meeting in Hong Kong today. They prayed, sang “the anthem”—hand over heart, some in tears—and then a masked protester announced a new charter they are calling for with universal suffrage and accountable government. (Last pic has charter QR code).pic.twitter.com/kYlMjz4bG2
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My dude, they sang their own new “anthem.” There are Christians in Hong Kong, try Wikipedia. I’ve been watching hundreds of thousands of people march and many young people put everything on the line for months. Shocking, people want freedom on their on.
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Someone please write a profile of Uncle Chen and the defenders group. (These are elderly people who form human chains to protect youth against the police). He’s always recognized. People go up and thank him. I’ve seen him pepper-sprayed and just hold his line.
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Prince Edward station in Hong Kong has again been turned into a shrine, as protesters demand answers on what happened on August 31 when the police locked down the station with many people inside, not allowing medics in. Many I talked with want the CCTV recordings to be released.pic.twitter.com/rf5JXIh9Im
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There’s a police station right next to this subway stop, the focus off so much controversy over 8.31. The authorities keep tearing down the shrine and the protesters keep rebuilding it. Here, the candles spell out one of the slogans: “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times.”pic.twitter.com/QQjOxDxEaN
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Hong Kong today will see widespread protests coinciding with the 70th anniversary of mainland China’s founding (though it’s not at all a communist country anymore). The authorities have shut down many subway stations already and pepper spray already out.https://twitter.com/afp/status/1178825723844288512 …
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It’s 1p in Hong Kong and a large, defiant crowd started marching from Causeway where some legislators said they had a right to freedom of assembly and would defy the police ban. I walked here with a crowd wearing black—subway is closed so it’s a day to get all your steps in.
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Protesters in Hong Kong are so used to walking with all the transit shutdowns. I’ve had days of 10+ hours of walking! It’s like almost every tactic by the authorities—police, tear gas, MTR shutdowns—is just designed to get people upset and more committed. https://twitter.com/tominmedill/status/1178903035717672960 …
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A crowdsourced map in Hong Kong,
@hkmaplive, shows all the road closures, teargas, police blocks, everything. But you don’t need to check the map to know there’s police ahead—protesters immediately start chanting “corrupt police” at them and the chant travels back in a wave.
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Terrible news. So far on Hong Kong island, where I am, it’s been pepper-laced blue-dye from water cannon and tear gas. Police cannot solve the political problem. Having watched the evolution of this, it doesn’t feel like protesters will be easily cowed.https://twitter.com/xinqisu/status/1178954262941843456 …
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Not what a political solution for Hong Kong looks like. The government response seems to be tasking the police with clearing protesters, but the protesters are tenacious and feel legitimate. Police just came and pushed around the press, and then left. No tactical rhyme or reason.pic.twitter.com/1ZhKlface4
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The police just keep throwing around teargas, and a protester was shot in the chest earlier with a live round. (Luckily, he seems to have survived). I saw a family with a small child caught in the middle of this. Meanwhile, most protesters have gas masks. Not a sane path forward.pic.twitter.com/gltTuYmSW6
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Many parts of Hong Kong Island are died blue by the pepper-spray laced blue water from the water cannons. Graffiti left behind. I’m headed to Mong Kok. Still stunned at the news the police shot a protester in the chest at close range (luckily missed his heart!)
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With a 12 hour time difference, I need some “ga yao” myself but preferably in the form of a bottle of Pocari—a protester staple here.