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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
Agreed with all of this. I still feel sympathy though, as just like the whole body of protesters can't be represented by the few who have acted really violently, there must be many on the police force who don't want violent conflict. Some clearly are on board with it, and the mixing in of mainland police makes it worse for all, but the situation could have become much more violent long ago if that's what most of the police were after. Both the nonviolent police and the nonviolent protesters are being let down and set up by the government with Beijing pulling the strings.
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Right, but there is a huge different in response from the police forces vs. the protesters here. They are not accepting criticism, acting as if they are above reproach, and there have been no acknowledgement of the increasing use of strong arm and intimidation tactics on the part of the HK/Mainland police.
Just today, police started firing tear gas rounds indiscriminately into residential areas where there were no protesters even present, this is being widely covered by local news.
https://twitter.com/user/status/1161675773985480704
While I am sure there are certainly rank and file HK police officers who are against violence and intimidation tactics, where are they? Their silence in speaking out against use of such intimidation tactics is complicity. This is after nurses, lawyers, educators, all have come out against this type of behaviour on the part of the police forces.