Thousands of people took to the streets of Hong Kong on Friday for the third time in less than a week, calling for the city-state's chief executive Carrie Lam to resign, while demanding that the government drop a controversial extradition bill which would allow Hong Kong to extradite people who are wanted for crimes in mainland China.
The mostly young protesters surrounded the police headquarters in the city's Wan Chai district on Friday - blocking roads and staging a sit-in less than half-a-mile from legislative offices.
Wong said the demonstration at police headquarters showed the anger of the protesters at the treatment of their comrades at the hands of riot officers after violent clashes last week.
"The chief executive said that the bill would be delayed. It needs to be scrapped and we are also protesting the violent reaction of the Hong Kong police," 21-year-old City University student 'Cheung,' who said there are "Numerous issues" that Hong Kong residents are angry over.
Those protests began with a peaceful sit in outside the legislature and central government offices, which have been closed to all business, before demonstrators escalated by seizing Harcourt Road. Police presence is considerably smaller Friday than it was last week, when they used tear gas and rubber bullets to clear tens of thousands of protests from Harcourt and surrounding streets.
CNN. Some of the protesters brought signs imploring the police not to shoot at them - referring to the violence that broke out last week when police deployed rubber bullets, tear gas and bean bags against the protesters, enraging many.
"In the last few days, police officials have said that they haven't done anything wrong," one 20-year-old protester named Kong told Al Jazeera.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-21/thousands-hong-kong-protesters-return-streets-third-major-demonstration
The mostly young protesters surrounded the police headquarters in the city's Wan Chai district on Friday - blocking roads and staging a sit-in less than half-a-mile from legislative offices.
Wong said the demonstration at police headquarters showed the anger of the protesters at the treatment of their comrades at the hands of riot officers after violent clashes last week.
"The chief executive said that the bill would be delayed. It needs to be scrapped and we are also protesting the violent reaction of the Hong Kong police," 21-year-old City University student 'Cheung,' who said there are "Numerous issues" that Hong Kong residents are angry over.
Those protests began with a peaceful sit in outside the legislature and central government offices, which have been closed to all business, before demonstrators escalated by seizing Harcourt Road. Police presence is considerably smaller Friday than it was last week, when they used tear gas and rubber bullets to clear tens of thousands of protests from Harcourt and surrounding streets.
CNN. Some of the protesters brought signs imploring the police not to shoot at them - referring to the violence that broke out last week when police deployed rubber bullets, tear gas and bean bags against the protesters, enraging many.
"In the last few days, police officials have said that they haven't done anything wrong," one 20-year-old protester named Kong told Al Jazeera.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-21/thousands-hong-kong-protesters-return-streets-third-major-demonstration
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