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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHong Kong's protesters are using the "hands up, don't shoot" gesture.
If you're an American and you've been watching the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong closely, you may have noticed something familiar: a number of the young demonstrators are using the same "hands up, don't shoot" gesture that became a symbol of last month's protests in faraway Ferguson, Missouri.
Hong Kong's protesters have good reason to put their hands up: police are using what many observers describe as an unprecedented level of force against the demonstrations, which are rallying against the Chinese government for reneging on its promise to grant them full democracy in 2017. While injuries in the protests have been relatively few so far, the clashes have been bad enough that Hong Kongers appear to earnestly fear the police might crack down violently, and that anxiety is showing in these photos.
http://www.vox.com/2014/9/28/6860493/hong-kong-protests-mike-brown-ferguson?utm_campaign=vox&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
arcane1
(38,613 posts)TheVisitor
(173 posts)we are not the only ones experiencing police brutality and murder from corporate controlled government.
Rex
(65,616 posts)like the Ferguson PD. It's just sad that there won't be a fair trial.
EEO
(1,620 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)EEO
(1,620 posts)JI7
(89,260 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)They should just admit it and adopt democratic reforms. Rather than fear freedom they should embrace it.
Imagine if they allowed the creativity of a billion people to run the nation instead of just a few.
They are foolishly stifling their greatest resource.