Posted on 09/08/2019 5:29:49 AM PDT by KC_Lion
(Video at Source)
Hong Kong (CNN) - Protests calling on US President Donald Trump to intervene in the ongoing Hong Kong political standoff escalated rapidly Sunday, with marchers setting fire to a barricade outside a subway station entrance in the city's business district.
Earlier in the day, tens of thousands of protesters waving US flags marched on Hong Kong's US Consulate to call for help from the Trump administration in ending a three-month confrontation with the government.
The march began in the Chater Garden public park in Central before heading to the consulate as part of the 14th straight weekend of public demonstrations in the Asian financial hub. In a letter which protesters planned to presented to consulate officials, the group calls for the passing of the proposed "Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act 2019" by the US Congress.
....
"We share the same US values of liberty and democracy," 30-year-old banker David Wong said. "USA is a country of democracy. Donald Trump is elected by his people. We want this."
The protests began peacefully but rapidly deteriorated into violence and vandalism over the afternoon, after police appeared to arrest a number of people in the busy Central subway station.
Protesters erected a barricade at one of the subway exits before being setting it on fire. Other exits had their glass windows smashed or defaced with graffiti.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
These Hong Kong Protestors have more respect for President Trump and the USA than any one of the Demnorats running for President.
My heart is with those in Hong Kong (and in mainland China) who yearn for freedom!!!
Same here - Hong Kong gives President Trump extra ammo and leverage around the globe (for those who claim to be for treating people well - but they will make exceptions if it hurts Trump)but China is a petulant dragon who has no value set on its people, so this may cause them to opt for economic disaster at home to inconvenience the rest...
They are afraid to stop...when it all calms down ...quite poss. people who have been ided on camera start .....getting “lost”.
https://twitter.com/Jkylebass/status/1173209777255702529
Warning for the video
china misroutes domestic US Internet traffic through China Telecom - Why do we allow chinese points of presence(POPS) inside the US when they won’t allow US to have any in china? We need to throw their POPS out of our COLO facilities ASAP
https://twitter.com/Jkylebass/status/1173199702474592256
Atlantic City casino mogul and daughter have ties to Chinese mob, authorities say
https://twitter.com/Jkylebass/status/1172482888425758720
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.