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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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cdmckay ◴[01 Oct 19 13:32 UTC] No.21125106[source]▶
I think it is helpful because it’s asking for consistency.

People are (rightfully) outraged when a protestor dies in Hong Kong, but protestors also die in the US.

For example, the Kent State shootings: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings

The point is that if you’re demanding a certain standard from China or other countries, you should demand that in the US as well.

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1. JumpCrisscross ◴[01 Oct 19 13:37 UTC] No.21125152[source]▶
> if you’re demanding a certain standard from China or other countries, you should demand that in the US as well

America not being a dictatorship, there are people demanding this. Through elected leaders. Through independent courts. Through Constitutionally-protected assembly and protest.

None of the above apply in China. And they’re rapidly eroding in Hong Kong, too.

Yes, we should be outraged by police violence in America. But it’s a matchstick to the blast furnace that is Xi’s regime of secret police, political repression and concentration camps.