HONG KONG — After battling anti-government demonstrators outside a major university with water cannons and tear gas for a full day, police surrounded the protesters late Sunday, began making arrests and warned they would meet further resistance with live fire — a tense confrontation in the now-six-month struggle for democracy that has moved in recent days to the territory’s campuses. Protesters at Hong Kong’s Polytechnic University threw molotov cocktails; one police media liaison officer was struck in the calf with an arrow. Skirmishes raged into the night, leaving the air thick with tear gas and a police vehicle burning. As police moved in, they warned stronger measures could follow. “We will use the minimal force,” police said in a Facebook video. “We are asking the rioters to stop assaulting the police using cars, gas bombs and bows and arrows. Otherwise we will use force including live rounds.” The all-day standoff began early with police pummeling front-line protesters with volleys of tear gas and water cannons that streamed irritating blue liquid. Protesters responded with petrol bombs. Much of the battle centered on the bridge leading to campus from the nearby metro station, which protesters had filled with barricades. As night fell, they repeatedly set it alight to prevent the police from advancing on to the university. Police announced at 9 p.m. that the “next round of operation” was beginning, leading to speculation they would storm the campus. They threatened to arrest those involved on charges of rioting, which can incur penalties of up to 10 years in prison. https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...04c978-091f-11ea-8054-289aef6e38a3_story.html
This is all on the world stage and as such it's being judged by the world. The students have the support of most of the world, so they've got that going for them.
If only Jonas Salk hadn't wasted his time on a polio vaccine. Had he known that guns can solve every problem, instead of giving kids a shot in the arm, he could have shot them with his arms, and called it a day. barfo
Well, we'd probably have never lost millions of innocent people to aids if he had, so maybe he should have just left nature alone rather than pissing her off by playing god. https://www.mifami.org/eLibrary/Curtis-OriginOfAIDS-RollingStone.pdf
