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the whole movement. from the boats that are manned by on combat. it's that mission in combat that we are. always going to do because i don't. and that you know beijing is slowly encroaching on the freedoms of hong kong. and as we all know that mainland china doesn't have a very sound legal system but a little bit of course that don't really function or your schools are just like show trials and you know here is that china might use this as an excuse to try to grab. arrest anyone they feel is you know speaking out against terror

a team so no one really trusts the legal system in charge of. cause the protests for like a path where the 1000000 person rush to max and then when the government decided to go ahead we're discussing that they were back her task on june 12th i believe and that land the 1st rounds of tear gas are fired on protesters throughout all these protests. the police didn't do a great job as school factually. false they should have and they.

were and they use their force. of holies was very and reasonable they used the necessary disproportionate falls against the protest that. my. hope that the smoke in the background that's takeouts. you don't you get that in your eyes and i can already feel it in mine. think that that you know it really was an accidental discovery i was just going through a scary sight seeing i had about this protest oh if i just walked right through this protest. example very arts pretty. hot say god. god i

have was i people throwing down reinforcements umbrellas against the wall to come and they've been handing out mosques and goggles to everybody with. god and these are the our brothers are reinforcements i mean cost for it in a very organized manner. i think that is still hurting from the to gas the smoke everywhere this is an absolute madness was it was a moment of panic it was a moment of carnage my mind was. here i was always in this moment of adrenaline i i was always very aware of my surroundings i.

i saw lots of things which really made me worry not inflaming safety my health and safety the safety of the protests was he was never going to there's no need to get out of it i was to get through it that i was i. i. i i i i i yeah i got. you know the web some actions i saw that i didn't agree with as you can probably see in my video however there's 2 sides to every story i just wanted to document what i saw.

but. i. i. i'm sense of what has this get out in front of the legislative council to try to. stop our. legislative process i i i think that. i.

other. one called hot we go hot so you cannot blame every protester who used more radical rape to response. i got the month response.

for hong kong legislative council stated in 2 pockets 1st. by every hong kong people just like them. by the profession knows that the company saw the cafe and. have no need to listen to the people. gradually over the course remarks still tomorrow is expected to be on still so there are 5 major demands the 1st time is of course to ensure are there actually. there is also the demand to release all arrested jasper's they want the designation of rights to be remand both the government and the police have called the protest france. they want an independent inquiry into police contact and finally the

biggest most ambitious demand i can and it's universal suffrage. all. any time you want to protest sort of felt this sort of tension things might escalate and it kind of felt things could how can i be spared just anytime soon. so i was stood on the main road with a lot of the protesters i could see that these people know me well prepared almost like a battle you could say and here i was turning up with like nothing basically no protection no i'm asking no you know i guess must go to. the police or the fighting to get like about good 3 hours before right right so it was still hanging and yeah it was not it was it was interesting in your eyes almost like a little bit no. you know one of the police charged one of the protesters stuck

right inside what if they self i'd say gas. is going through me i want to break. only one road he was like i was 6 a bit strange how did i end up so so close to. the was and those like him only watch out should i run i'm not. an evil lot of people. at. all i said running in the opposite direction. and with all this sort of excess of being zapped out my lungs i started panicking. i mean take ask me just take me have your legs it does it really takes a lot. i followed some of the

protesters were fleeing down the side streets of showing why i could. but as i went down the end of one side street i was massive wall of police also firing tear gas. but very luckily extremely nothing in fact spotted a residential building or some protesters sheltering inside the security guard was me it. doesn't look like. it was a complete and utter relief to be able to breathe and get oxygen back into my love . for. the new elite the elite in the morning now believe you. me me do you. you you you.

do over the past 3 months we saw. the protesters has been largely peaceful and hong kong people have famous full organizing peaceful protests. in. d.c. the protesters are actually very they're very kind towards bystanders you know because we're going to protest. when i finally started so we see lots of people. people from the older generation families in the shops and on public transport on the buses waving and giving us course these young protesters.

so it's just what is from the mass of columnist i see which the mainstream media isn't showing because. it's quite moving really to see so much solidarity to see so many people out on the streets all expressing the same things and doing so peacefully and safely. and you know when it's raining you can actually count on someone offering you an umbrella or a rain jacket there is one time i start raining and i realize i didn't have anything to protect me or my camera and i just walked around knowing that someone would offer me something eventually and they did. there's been all sorts of types of protesters you know sad sit ins there's been a hand holding protest. i think.

thank. you. i know. and there's also things like the lenin wows which are spontaneous and permanent place is and where people are posting post it notes or posters are to express how they feel and their demands and those are of course that peaceful wage protests and they're all over now. to. ringback talk about the police brutality the police just being so groups who are they talk about sort of the 4 of them or. 2 approaches cool like you know the government so it's many different. this is just a way for people to express their feelings about the protests.

there's a lot of different ways people are expressing their opinions and wanting to have their voices heard. questions differing opinions on what methods really work. these protests there's so much that happens that's shocking and something happens every week and i've had this conversation with other journalists will talk about something during that time when this happened that would be like that was yesterday because the days are so long and so much happened so i think some of the more memorable times was for example when they managed to get all their flights canceled the rest of the day if they how careful thank god was could be very cool suits encroachments and the purpose was to show educate your riding passengers what was happening the caribbean home called

i was going to do that was based around the fall just before their materials their story was people just gather and go right through all the trying to explain choo-choo risk all and the by the arriving home all are all while the move was was. i was. so i came back while they were having airport hotel i and it was very peaceful it was a little bit with. was. i was. thankful. i. think.

the brutal methods employed by the police and the hong kong people consequently the next day the protestors decided to extend the demonstration on content however the aim this time was not just to sit in the court but to disrupt and shut down the operations there was so many people who have yet to terms with all flights for the rest of the day. have the.

same thing happened again the next day on tuesday flights were also canceled. within the airport and contained environment no one expected by you know a lot of journalists including myself and the bats did break out we did have our gear on ourselves we had them in the press room in the airport that we weren't ready for a hostile environment at the airport and happen quite quickly because i mean the place just kind of showed up out of nowhere. they're out of their party came out and things are going to hit it from their cell it was unexpected but i think people

have rung to rex that unexpected during these protests. was. in the airport. demonstration turned up the when some travelers were a world traveler or even. treated badly by the protesters this is definitely not justifiable from and as these perspective. these surely and less than double because what happened before was a big clash between the hong kong police and the protesters and a round loss of anger among the court asked that no one really want to see violence we don't want it to happen but at the same time a sort of understand why there are some of these people target. well i understand their frustrations on the stand around of course there's no. justification for marantz on fire protesters but the same time i think it's gotten this far because

of how the police have managed in situation and i think we've come to this violence because of years the government ignoring what hungry people want to. thank what's different about these protests is that it's a leaderless movement it's not a coalition between many different groups. because of the b. water. this strategy comes in the form of flash mob protests these protests radically change locations in the course of a day and you often get different groups splitting to go to other areas of hong kong this captures the police off guard and structures very manpower. another key to these flash more protests is the telegram app. there are several

protest chat groups on this messaging app some of which contain tens of thousands of protesters this allows for information on the next destination of the protests to be quickly disseminated as well as telegraph protesters also use a home can read it start for called. to organize protests. during protests when internet signal is patchy attendees that use apple's edge or function to share information. protest tito's have also been seen on the tender they have also been advertised as more than go about maps of the m.c.r. subway system are shared during demonstrations which he thought what a subway station it's closed. more of those a police presence at the station down social media is kind of at the heart of the protests i would say i think it would be a completely different protest if it weren't for social media.

and certainly not an equal society but for many they're doing pretty well and if you're doing pretty well and you're comfortable you probably didn't see the problem and all you see now is violence and petrol bombs and bricks being thrown and police officer is getting hurt so i do understand why they feel that way. is often a place or sometimes can be place where criminals can try to sleaze and without any fear of being extradited back to china becomes a safe haven for them so i sort of see the argument to that. there are laws we listened to the government well on one hand and us to share some of the arguments for example. and this tradition we must arm is. a correct way to have 2 governments to extradite our criminals

or suspects but there. has to be in compliance with international human rights laws and standards. are lots. of formal off the show withdrawal of the extradition which is the number one demand and which is the demand that kicked up these protests in the 1st place but. now it's been 3 months since the protests began and in that time i think that happens now a lot of damage has been done. and i think that traditional bill while still a demand is no longer the main concern i mean the most common chant of the protests

is i mean demand not one last she's given them why did. i doubt it will have such a big impact because it really is too little too late. there's a little money for this. sort of you to. you know some people might be screaming. to extend has actually forced the government acts. we're told it was probably down to the parts because the koreans in the streets actually force them to think you know get into one of the marks.

where it's. not a big celebration and making it in one context and back is the sort of person we're going to get our say on the world stage or the actual event itself in hong kong the 1st estimate of almost like a festival. they will mostly after showing their solidarity for these 5 demands and against the government and the situation quickly it escalated around 4 o'clock when the police fired tear gas was families and kids were still here. and then the situation. sort of came to head in the evening when we found out the

news about the protester being shot. or about was the big turning point night that is when the anger reached a new level ah. ah ah. ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah. ah ah so it's a very scary amount of power the government has won and it's essentially opened a pandora's box. you know these protests started over the extradition which is you know and i'm seen as something that was. it was giving the government too much power it was allowing them to like you know a rescue drops take them up to china but now she's in that to this. which is

basically it was just because you know so much power to do whatever she wanted to score supporters. the contest will definitely go online for at least a couple of months i would say. i can see. why the protests will die down if there is no concession on the part of the government so i hope that. piecing and i hope this 80 can find a compromise where everyone's somewhat happy and i hope the government and the police can regain the public's trust the. past. i.

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