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

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628 points nodea2345 | 2 comments | 01 Oct 19 11:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.08s | source
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dx87 ◴[01 Oct 19 13:15 UTC] No.21124948[source]▶
Not to defend what the police have been doing overall during this protest, but in this specific incident you can see the protestors beating a police officer on the ground, and the protestor who got shot was swinging a metal pipe at the police officer that shot him.
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1. mlevental ◴[01 Oct 19 14:35 UTC] No.21125735[source]▶
https://www.reddit.com/r/HongKong/comments/dbqsfl/video_show...

shows cop ran into the crowd and had a clear exit path (not necessary to shoot to remain safe)

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2. dx87 ◴[01 Oct 19 15:00 UTC] No.21126019[source]▶
It looks to me like he ran in to try and protect the police officer that was surrounded on the ground, and didn't fire until he was attacked. I don't know the context around this specific event, but it doesn't look like the "police officer runs in and shoots child protestor" narrative that is being pushed on reddit.