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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zeynep tufekci Retweeted The Wall Street Journal
I think this belongs in this thread.
#HongKongProtestshttps://twitter.com/wsj/status/1177357178975457285 …zeynep tufekci added,
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted LO Kin-hei 羅健熙
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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LO Kin-hei 羅健熙Verified account @lokinheia photo from@mingpaocom showed a police disguised at protester pointing a gun towards people around.#HongKong#HongKongProtests#929GlobalAntiTotalitarianism https://m.mingpao.com/ins/%e6%b8%af%e8%81%9e/article/20190929/s00001/1569754764179/%e3%80%90%e9%80%83%e7%8a%af%e6%a2%9d%e4%be%8b%e3%80%91%e7%81%a3%e4%bb%94%e8%a1%97%e5%9d%8a%e7%a8%b1%e7%9b%ae%e6%93%8a%e8%ad%a6%e5%93%a1%e7%96%91%e5%96%ac%e8%a3%9d%e7%a4%ba%e5%a8%81%e8%80%85-%e7%8f%be%e5%a0%b4%e6%9b%be%e5%82%b3%e6%a7%8d%e8%81%b2 … pic.twitter.com/XuQgRDlxI4Show this thread3 replies 95 retweets 104 likesShow this thread -
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LO Kin-hei 羅健熙 Retweeted LO Kin-hei 羅健熙
video of the scenehttps://twitter.com/lokinhei/status/1178298163356004352 …
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1:38LO Kin-hei 羅健熙Verified account @lokinheiyou can hear the gunshot in this video by@StandNewsHK. Police disguising as protesters created unnecessary grave dangers towards the officer himself and other civilians nearby.#HongKong#929GlobalAntiTotalitarianism#HongKongPolice#HongKongProtests pic.twitter.com/VxsEqtE52hShow this thread1 reply 3 retweets 2 likes
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