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Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong Kong protests

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628 points nodea2345 | 1 comments | 01 Oct 19 11:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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Clubber[dead post] ◴[01 Oct 19 13:10 UTC] No.21124901[source]▶
People don't think this sort of thing can happen in the US. Just look at what the federal, state and local government does to people it doesn't like now.
PostPost ◴[01 Oct 19 13:19 UTC] No.21124986[source]▶
1. Everyone that's read the news in the last few years knows this young people can be shot by police in the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Tamir_Rice

2. This link is about what's happening in Hong Kong, not the US, and this sort of what-about-ism isn't informative or helpful.

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1. rayiner ◴[01 Oct 19 13:24 UTC] No.21125033[source]▶
It also doesn't make sense. The shooting of Tamir Rice may have been an accident, or racism, or the pernicious combination that occurs when systemic racism results in more "accidents" against people of color. None of those things are in play in Hong Kong.