Coronavirus is fueling new protests in Hong Kong. Authorities aim to arrest their way out.
Posted on AllSides March 1st, 2020
From The Left
HONG KONG — Lining up his camera's viewfinder as he documented a protest related to the coronavirus outbreak, Oscar Chan noticed a police officer pointing a canister right back at him. The pepper spray blasted the student journalist in the face as he clicked the shutter.
Three officers surrounded him as he tried to wash his eye, Chan said, as their colleague demanded his arrest. They affixed plastic flexi-cuffs so tightly they left scratches and bruises, before charging him with theft for possessing a transit card that provides discounts for...
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