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Having spent a week on Hong Kong, I would make three observations:

1. What the residents want or appear to desire is total independence...making their own choices, running their own government, etc. Because of the UK hundred years and the advanced state of the area, it’s probably possible (except the Chinese government does’t agree).

2. HK is one of the few places I’ve ever been that respect of the police is extremely high. I witnessed a car accident one day, and the two drivers are getting extremely violent and argumentative....then the two female cops show up, and one raises a hand...the two drivers stop the argument and go into hyper quiet mode. I was amazed at the lightning fast speed this occurred. There was no damage really over either car (bumper to bumper situation). In 90 seconds, the cop dismisses both guys and they take off real quick.

3. I’ve watched this video of the teenager, and he was inciting the cop to the 9th degree to fire. It’s not logical behavior to get that close and physically intimidating the cop while he holds the gun. Maybe the kid had everything pumping, but it was a purely stupid move on his part.

[Zhang Fei]

[I’ve watched this video of the teenager, and he was inciting the cop to the 9th degree to fire.]

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From the excerpt:
[Video footage of the incident showed the officer run towards the group with his pistol drawn, even though he was also armed with pepper spray and a gun that fires non-lethal beanbag rounds.]

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If an American cop had done this and shot the kid, he’d be fired and indicted. I expect he’d spend decades in prison, if the kid had died. This is a political demonstration with a bunch of ordinary people participating, not a bunch of hardened criminals out wilding.