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Hong Kong is on the 'brink of total breakdown'
Daily Mail ^ | 12 November | TIM STICKINGS

Posted on 11/16/2019 8:56:53 PM PST by Brellium

Hong Kong is on the 'brink of total breakdown' police admit after riot cops are filmed pepper-spraying a pregnant woman and throwing her to the ground

Heavily armed riot police were caught on camera attacking a pregnant woman
They pepper-sprayed her in the face twice and wrestled her to the ground
Senior officer said 'our society has been pushed to the brink of total breakdown'
More than 1,000 people rallied in the centre of Hong Kong at lunchtime today
Police fired tear gas as protesters threw stones and fired catapults at police
Yesterday a protester was shot by police while activists set another man on fire

Hong Kong is on the 'brink of total breakdown', police have said after officers were filmed pepper-spraying a woman and tackling her to the ground on another day of violence in the city.

A video clip shared by leading activist Joshua Wong purports to show heavily armed officers scuffling with a pregnant woman.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; hongkong; jackbootedthugs
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1 posted on 11/16/2019 8:56:53 PM PST by Brellium
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To: Brellium

Why did the British give HK away via a treaty anyway? Did someone in the House of Commons lose a bet?


2 posted on 11/16/2019 9:01:59 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (20 FReepin' years of Freakin' FReeping!!! FReep yeah!)
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To: Brellium

Trump should offer asylum to all those in HK who want to flee. These people should have the same access to our asylum as all other countries. Turn San Francisco Red.


3 posted on 11/16/2019 9:06:04 PM PST by Be Careful
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Democratic Britain gave away Hong Kong to a non-democratic state, without giving the people of Hong Kong a say.


4 posted on 11/16/2019 9:06:24 PM PST by CondorFlight
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Brit elites are all nonces.

Who knows what the chicoms offered them...


5 posted on 11/16/2019 9:09:06 PM PST by Black Agnes
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To: Be Careful

You are a bloody genius


6 posted on 11/16/2019 9:09:26 PM PST by genghis
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To: Be Careful

Bump!


7 posted on 11/16/2019 9:13:48 PM PST by Ken H (And Epstein didn't kill himself.)
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To: Brellium

Her and her child to the ground.


8 posted on 11/16/2019 9:16:31 PM PST by coaster123 (Distrust everyone under fifty.)
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To: Brellium

I pray for them they get the balance right as they seem to be pushing Beijing so hard that they will come down with giant hammer. I admire their youthful courage. God give their leaders wisdom to temper their courage and if necessary the commitment to see their beliefs through. It is not always clear until things become history whether it was a fool hardy pursuit or a glorious sacrifice either way God protect them and lead them.


9 posted on 11/16/2019 9:18:17 PM PST by melsec (There's a track, winding back, to an old forgotten shack along the road to Gundagai..)
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To: Be Careful
President Trump should offer asylum to all those in HK who want to flee.

I'm sure I could find room for four of them at my place.

10 posted on 11/16/2019 9:20:18 PM PST by ASA Vet (Make American Intelligence Great Again. Bring back ASA.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Officially the "ownership" of Hong Kong was a 99-year lease which ended in 1997. I don't know of all of the details of why the Brits set it up that way in 1898. This is different from our lease of Guantanamo which has no expiration date.
11 posted on 11/16/2019 9:23:24 PM PST by KarlInOhio (Who's the leader of the club that feeds on dead babies? M-O-L... O-C-H... M-O-U-S-E.)
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To: Brellium

A good way to keep Chicoms in check. They have way too much power and influence in this country.


12 posted on 11/16/2019 9:25:59 PM PST by grumpygresh (Civil disobedience by jury nullification.)
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To: CondorFlight

China was not expecting to be gifted with Hong Hong.

British weakness.


13 posted on 11/16/2019 9:27:35 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie (Please, oh pretty please let Crazy Uncle Joe Biden be the nominee.)
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To: Brellium

This is nothing. China has a squad of thugs who beat women into miscarriages, or even death. I wouldn’t be surprised if they have mass extermination camps like the Nazis.


14 posted on 11/16/2019 9:27:58 PM PST by montag813
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Hong Kong was leased from China.
The lease was up.
China did not renew the lease


15 posted on 11/16/2019 9:33:04 PM PST by Rocko Jack
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

“...Heavily armed riot police were caught on camera attacking...”

It’s so nice to live in a country where I can shoot back...


16 posted on 11/16/2019 9:36:09 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Why did the British give HK away via a treaty anyway?

Great Britain din't get the nickname of "Perfidious Albion" for nothing.

17 posted on 11/16/2019 9:37:24 PM PST by Gritty (Trump Derangement Syndrome is the country fracturing into warring alien tribes - Daniel Greenfield)
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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/16/world/asia/china-xinjiang-documents.html

‘Absolutely No Mercy’: Leaked Files Expose How China Organized Mass Detentions of Muslims

More than 400 pages of internal Chinese documents provide an unprecedented inside look at the crackdown on ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region.

18 posted on 11/16/2019 9:40:40 PM PST by Brellium ("Thou shalt not shilly shally!" Aron Nimzowitsch)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

It’s not like the Brits could have done a damn thing if China chose to come in and take it.


19 posted on 11/16/2019 9:40:50 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

They had a 99 year lease. It was up and the landlord did not want to renew.


20 posted on 11/16/2019 9:40:52 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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