Chaos is again breaking out in Hong Kong as the city enters its 14th week of anti-government protests with multiple confrontations between riot police and protesters at Central station. Some have spilled out into the streets of the business district.
Thousands of protesters nearby have marched to the United States consulate in the city, calling on Washington to pass an act in support of Hong Kong’s democratic development and human rights.
Tensions flared late on Saturday night in several MTR stations across the city with increasingly violent clashes between police and protesters. It comes despite the city's leader announcing on Wednesday that she would completely withdraw the hated extradition bill that first sparked the crisis.
Protesters pouring down Lower Albert Road have opened their umbrellas after spotting riot police filming the crowd from their position on Upper Albert Road. Thousands of protesters had marched to the US consulate, calling on Washington to pass an act in support of the city’s democratic development and human rights.
At around 4pm, the MTR announced that Central station was temporarily closed due to an "escalation of the situation". Trains on the Tsuen Wan line and Island line will skip the station. The station was closed as the crowd gathering at Chater Garden was getting bigger.
A protester has delivered a speech outside the US consulate calling for the United States to pass the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act. “We keep waving the star-spangled banner even when the guns of tyranny are pointing at us,” he says. After the speech, the crowd of several hundred chants “Resist Beijing; liberate Hong Kong”, and plays the US national anthem.
With Central station closed for an hour, most of the riot police have boarded vehicles outside Hong Kong station and left. Police earlier took away at least three men.
Security guards at the upmarket Pacific Place shopping centre in Admiralty have attempted to close the shutter at its entrance to the walkway with United Centre, before being stopped by a handful of protesters. A 21-year-old protester surnamed Chan is standing under the half-closed shutter. He says he was told the entrance will be closed in three minutes, but he won't let them do it. A security guard says the mall will not shut the gate for now.
A stand-off between a handful of police and dozens of protesters inside Central station has lasted for more than 10 minutes. Protesters chanting and shout angrily at police near ticket barriers.
Jesus. Those """"""protesters"""""" truly deserve to have their mouths wrecked by a boot. I can't imagine anything faggier than fighting for democracy and think you're the good guys.
Jaxson Carter
A wall outside the US consulate has been turned into a temporary 'Lennon Wall', calling on the United States to “rescue Hong Kong”.
A journalist wrote that the fact that Lam "would resign if she could" only serves to make demonstrators even more aggressive, because it implies more Beijing control over their government than previously believed. Any idea is this is true?
A protester with a slingshot aims at riot police watching the marchers through thick vegetation on Upper Albert Road, as they make their way along Lower Albert road.
More than 80 riot police keep an eye on protesters at Admiralty station, while the crowd inside the turnstiles is shrinking, with people dispersing after a man was arrested and taken away 10 minutes ago.
Protesters move quickly in the direction of Causeway Bay along Queen's Road East, after riot police at the intersection between the street and Queensway raise a red flag warning protestors to "stop charging, or we use force".
There is no traffic on Queensway in Admiralty heading east. The few cars trying to make it through are doing U-turns as protesters have left makeshift blockades in their wake. A dozen police vans are making their way down the road, clearing blockages as they go.
The Honk Kong Protests are funded by Israeli groups spouting LGBT bs and all the standard libtard talking points.
THEIR NOT PROTESTING COMMUNISM THEIR PROTESTING FOR GAY MARRIAGE AND DEMOCRACY SO THEIR FOREIGN MASTERS CAN SEIZE CONTROL OF THE GOVERNMENT LIKE IN THE WEST!
Protesters have marched from Central to Admiralty, onwards to Wan Chai, and then to Causeway Bay. Police have entered Causeway Bay MTR station and taken away at least two people, both with their hands tied behind their back.
Dozens of riot police are passing Thee Pacific Place, heading towards Wan Chai and followed by six ambulances. They have cleared the thin roadblocks made up of bricks and barriers.
>President Trump, by contrast, has sent mixed signals on the Hong Kong protests. He suggested last month that China should settle the problem “humanely” before reaching a trade deal with the United States, for example. But he has also called the protests “riots,” echoing the language of the Chinese government.
Riot police have moved into Causeway Bay MTR station and set up a cordon for exits D and F, to Sogo and Hysan shopping centres respectively. Other parts of the station are still running as normal.
I don't see the problem here, they've likely enhanced the safety of that escalator.
Carson Myers
A Causeway Bay resident demands police let her pass through the cordon so she can get to her home on East Point Road. But police are having none of it, with an officer telling her to drop the act, calling her a paid actor.
Cars trying to leave Causeway Bay on Great George Street blast their horns in protest as police block the road, giving way to a train of police vehicles and ambulances heading down Gloucester Road towards Victoria Harbour.
really pisses me off that we'll go fuck around in the desert for people who don't want us there, but these people are begging for our help and we can't even get a worthless bill passed in their favor. fuck israel.
Grayson Lee
Question: the macronfags here keep repeating the yellow vests and the HK protesters have nothing in common because none of your members caused damage to private properties. Is that really true?
Police have rounded up more than 10 people outside St Paul's Convent School in Causeway Bay. They are standing facing a wall with their hands behind their backs as police search their belongings.
The west has stopped paying attention to Hong Kong. The only way you will get western support is if you escalate the situation. I know it’s sounds hard and like it’ll just make the situation worse but that’s he honest truth, Americans don’t care about what the media doesn’t talk about, and the media doesn’t want to talk about the same unchanging protests over and over Again for months on end. You need direct action against the Chinese. For example, the yellow vest protests of France, notice how no one talks about that anymore?
We're not the world police. Fuck sending our boys to die so they don't have to and then their children do like the Europeans and talk shit about how we didnt do much and our help wasn't needed. Party is over, we have our own civil war to deal with.
Brayden Nelson
Police have fired three rounds of tear gas near the Sogo department store in Causeway Bay, where mostly residents have gathered.
A dozen tired-looking riot police, with sweat all over their faces, take a break as the lockdown of Irving Street, at the intersection with Tung Lo Wan road, continues.
Britain left them behind. From the endless videos I've seen of them not giving a fuck about hurt children laying on the road why should anyone else care about bug people.
