Posted on 08/25/2019 10:13:16 AM PDT by KC_Lion
Hong Kong (AFP) – Hong Kong police used water cannon for the first time and at least one officer fired his sidearm during pitched battles with protesters Sunday, one of the most violent nights in three months of pro-democracy rallies that have rocked the city.
An afternoon rally in the district of Tsuen Wan spiralled into violent running confrontations between protesters and police, with officers several times caught outnumbered and isolated by masked youths wielding sticks and throwing rocks.
In one instance, several police officers drew their sidearms, an AFP reporter at the scene said.
“According to my understanding, just now a gunshot was fired by a colleague,” Superintendent Leung Kwok Win told the press.
“My initial understanding was that it was a uniformed policeman who fired his gun.”
It was unclear where the shot was aimed, but it was the first live round fired since the protests started three months ago.
The financial hub has been gripped by mass rallies that were initially against a proposed extradition bill to China, but have spun into a wider pro-democracy movement targeting the pro-Beijing government.
Earlier Sunday, after thousands of people marched peacefully in pouring rain, a group of hardcore protesters erected makeshift roadblocks and threw bricks and Molotov cocktails at riot police.
After firing tear gas in an attempt to disperse the crowds, police drove water cannon vehicles onto the streets for the first time during the protests, unfurling signs warning demonstrators they would deploy the jets if they did not leave.
The jets were later fired down from the moving trucks down a road towards a crowd of protesters who ran away.
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Police had previously said the vehicles, complete with surveillance cameras and multiple spray nozzles, would only be used in the event of a “large-scale public disturbance”.
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That pistol looks about 100 years old
My worry is Communists are rational only when things are going their way. Things aren’t going their way.
China’s leader belongs at home not at the stupid G7 party.
Democrat:
Gun Control for YOU
but not for ME!
That pistol looks about 100 years old
Oh yes.
“My worry is Communists are rational only when things are going their way. Things aren’t going their way.”
The thing Trump and Hong Kong are trying to do is force the Communists to adhere to the rule of law. The fact that they don’t adhere to the rule of law is the source of all of their power. Once they agree and do it, then the party’s days are numbered. This is why they haven’t adhered to any trade agreement. This is why if they lose in Hong Kong they are finished as the rulers of China. So, they are willing to kill as many protesters as it takes.
There are several down sides for the party. The party has moved much of its individually held wealth to Hong Kong. If they truly take over then the value of their holdings will tank. The question is, do they want to maintain party power or their individual wealth?
China can take a long walk off a short pier.
Which reminds of a missed opportunity in the 80’s. The Hong Kong police disposed of their S & W Model 10’s to the US market. I could have bought one in mint condition for a pittance. Had RHKP engraving.
China’s leader belongs at home not at the stupid G7 party.
Prayers for the protesters.
“My initial understanding was that it was a uniformed policeman who fired his gun.”
Was he a HK cop or one of the PLA dressed as a cop?
“Earlier Sunday, after thousands of people marched peacefully in pouring rain, a group of hardcore protesters erected makeshift roadblocks and threw bricks and Molotov cocktails at riot police.”
Hardcore protestors = ChiCom provocateurs.
I was afraid it was going to eventually come down to this when the Brits sold out.
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