Hong Kong's hardcore protesters take justice into their own hands

HONG KONG - When protesters in Hong Kong last weekend came upon an older, shirtless man who was threatening a crowd, they pounded him to the ground with a stick. When a taxi swerved into a group of protesters nearby, some dragged the driver out and beat him until he was covered in blood.

But to their critics, these protesters are crossing the line by playing the role of vigilantes to punish those they consider their foes. The intensity of the unrest could alienate moderate supporters and members of the public, and play to Beijing's depictions of the movement as the work of riotous mobs.

In their effort to retaliate against perceived injustices, hardline protesters see few actions that are off-limits. The decision by Hong Kong's leader, Mrs Carrie Lam, to invoke emergency powers last Friday to ban the use of face masks at protests has only further angered the protesters, who see it as the latest example of eroding freedoms in the Speical Administrative Region.In the Mong Kok neighbourhood on Sunday night, two men in masks who looked to be in their 20s or 30s punched a shirtless, older man who was standing in the street and arguing with a crowd.

"Rioters blatantly launched brutal attacks on ordinary citizens yesterday," the police said in a statement on Monday, referring to the beating of the taxi driver and other confrontations that day."Such acts of violence by far overstep the moral boundaries of any civilised society."

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

It is time to take hong kong back carrielam

Protestors? You mean rioters?

If we had any doubt that the US was behind this, we can put that doubt to rest. They sent their finest soldier over. Enough said.

Who is Thanos? Xi Jinping? That thanos dont use infinity gems but use nuclear missle instead.

museofhistory I’m worried that Hong Kong’s protestors are going to follow the script of “Les Miserables” without changing the ending.

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