Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong Kong protests
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#2Yes government, please take away my ar-15.
Re: Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong Kong protests
#3People don't think this sort of thing can happen in the US. Just look at what the federal, state and local government does to people it doesn't like now.
Re: Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong Kong protests
#4Obviously China is evil etc etc.
But isn't it pretty obvious these people are physically attacking armed officers as they are retreating? And they are beating up and kicking another downed officer in the head?
Whilst I might have sympathy for their cause the kid struck an armed officer with a weapon whilst he wielded a gun as his friends beat another armed officer. I have very little sympathy for anyone who makes such poor decisions in a group delerium of impunity.
Edit: If anyone downvoting would care to offer another option, that would be appreciated
Re: Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong Kong protests
#5Obviously China is evil etc etc. But isn't it pretty obvious these people are physically attacking armed officers as they are retreating? And they are beating up and kicking another downed officer in the head? Whilst I might have sympathy for their cause the kid struck an armed officer with a weapon whilst he wielded a gun as his friends beat another armed officer. I have very little sympathy for anyone who makes suc…
i think i saw yesterday though that the Government there is infiltrating the protest groups with agent provocateurs so i dont know what to believe anymore
Re: Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong Kong protests
#6Not to defend what the police have been doing overall during this protest, but in this specific incident you can see the protestors beating a police officer on the ground, and the protestor who got shot was swinging a metal pipe at the police officer that shot him.
Re: Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong Kong protests
#7People don't think this sort of thing can happen in the US. Just look at what the federal, state and local government does to people it doesn't like now.
it has happened in the US many times. The most obvious example is Kent State
Re: Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong Kong protests
#8People don't think this sort of thing can happen in the US. Just look at what the federal, state and local government does to people it doesn't like now.
It can happen anywhere because fundamentally we are very tribal in nature. It is very easy in our minds to objectify nonmembers and treat them inhumanely.
Re: Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong Kong protests
#9People don't think this sort of thing can happen in the US. Just look at what the federal, state and local government does to people it doesn't like now.
it has happened in the US many times. The most obvious example is Kent State
People defending pepper spraying kids (protesting) sitting on a sidewalk...
Re: Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong Kong protests
#10People don't think this sort of thing can happen in the US. Just look at what the federal, state and local government does to people it doesn't like now.
1. Everyone that's read the news in the last few years knows this young people can be shot by police in the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Tamir_Rice
2. This link is about what's happening in Hong Kong, not the US, and this sort of what-about-ism isn't informative or helpful.