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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: 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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sergiotapia[dead post] ◴[01 Oct 19 15:11 UTC] No.21126194[source]▶
> Imagine if the US suddenly had a dictator

God bless the 2nd amendment dude. This is one of the greatest gifts the founding fathers gave the US.

sixothree ◴[01 Oct 19 19:00 UTC] No.21129276[source]▶
Imagine for a minute what would happen to protesters in America if they acted like those in Hong Kong. Any amount of guns would have been met with overwhelming force and put down with absolute prejudice.

We even have laws in more than a handful of states that allows people to run over protesters with their cars and enjoy legal protection.

Keep kidding yourself.

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1. x86_64Ubuntu ◴[01 Oct 19 19:14 UTC] No.21129402[source]▶
When people are celebrating the 2nd in this thread, they are talking about if white middle America was the main composition of the protesters . I guarantee you that none of these 2nd amendment lovers would ever support Ferguson protesters arming themselves, much less deploying lethal force against the police.