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Hong Kong Police Fire First Gunshot, Water Cannon in Protest Clashes
Breitbart ^ | 25 Aug 2019 | Breitbart News

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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; china; hongkong; hongkongprotests; prc; secondamendment
Hong Kong police fire first gunshot, water cannon in protest clashes

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1 posted on 08/25/2019 10:13:16 AM PDT by KC_Lion
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To: KC_Lion

That pistol looks about 100 years old


2 posted on 08/25/2019 10:15:15 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: KC_Lion

My worry is Communists are rational only when things are going their way. Things aren’t going their way.


3 posted on 08/25/2019 10:18:03 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists call 'em what you will they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: KC_Lion

China’s leader belongs at home not at the stupid G7 party.


4 posted on 08/25/2019 10:19:30 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: KC_Lion

Democrat:

Gun Control for YOU

but not for ME!


5 posted on 08/25/2019 10:20:52 AM PDT by TheNext (Leader of the Happy People of the World)
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To: BenLurkin

That pistol looks about 100 years old


I bet it still works just fine.


6 posted on 08/25/2019 10:21:20 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: hanamizu

Oh yes.


7 posted on 08/25/2019 10:22:02 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: rockinqsranch

“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?


8 posted on 08/25/2019 10:31:37 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: Gen.Blather

China can take a long walk off a short pier.


9 posted on 08/25/2019 10:36:30 AM PDT by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: hanamizu

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.


10 posted on 08/25/2019 10:46:44 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Sacajaweau

China’s leader belongs at home not at the stupid G7 party.


Plausible deniability ...


11 posted on 08/25/2019 10:53:44 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: KC_Lion

Prayers for the protesters.


12 posted on 08/25/2019 10:58:47 AM PDT by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Do it today.)
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To: KC_Lion

“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?


13 posted on 08/25/2019 11:01:29 AM PDT by VanShuyten (Er"...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: KC_Lion

“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.


14 posted on 08/25/2019 11:07:38 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: BenLurkin
Pro-democracy protesters need weapons to point back, otherwise they're going to get squashed.
15 posted on 08/25/2019 5:47:33 PM PDT by servantboy777
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To: KC_Lion

I was afraid it was going to eventually come down to this when the Brits sold out.


16 posted on 08/25/2019 7:50:34 PM PDT by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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