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

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628 points nodea2345 | 4 comments | 01 Oct 19 11:19 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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program_whiz ◴[01 Oct 19 13:26 UTC] No.21125050[source]▶
Sure, the kid was swinging at the officer, and I suppose that warrants the officer acting in self-defense. But another question is, what are the protesters supposed to do? The government has all the power, and can simply snuff out any resistence. If you just stand in the streets, they really don't care, they are going to take your freedom. Imagine if the US suddenly had a dictator that just decided they were going to take all property rights and freedoms like that -- I think taking to the streets, and even resorting to violence might be necessary (otherwise the powers-that-be have no reason to listen to a bunch of people standing in a street hundreds of miles away).
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mattnewton ◴[01 Oct 19 18:59 UTC] No.21129256[source]▶
There is another angle that shows the cop charging in with a gun drawn before the shot. https://mobile.twitter.com/antielabhk/status/117897105163343...

Also, further muddying things, it shows a moltov cocktail nearly miss a cop right afterwards, and a cop tackle and arrest someone who is on the ground trying to attend to the protestor who was shot. It looks like total chaos on both sides and is way more complicated than someone swinging at someone else.

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1. koheripbal ◴[01 Oct 19 19:03 UTC] No.21129307[source]▶
Here is a more complete video showing the exact protestor who got shot (with the blue shield) chasing down an officer and then beating him on the ground before attacking the rescuing officer and getting shot.

https://twitter.com/bbcchinese/status/1179082367337713666

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2. CharlesColeman ◴[01 Oct 19 19:23 UTC] No.21129497[source]▶
What happened before that one-and-a-half minute video to cause the protesters to chase down the officer?
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3. koheripbal ◴[01 Oct 19 20:01 UTC] No.21129910[source]▶
I don't know - but is your question meant for us to prove the innocence of the victim here?
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4. rumanator ◴[01 Oct 19 23:28 UTC] No.21132011{3}[source]▶
> but is your question meant for us to prove the innocence of the victim here?

You argued that an incomplete video may convey a different story than what has been presented, but the best you could do to support your claim was presenting your own incomplete video.

If you care for the truth instead of forcing an agenda them the problems caused by selective editing don't cease to exist if you're the one doing the selective editing.