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Summary of incidents on 11 August 2019
1. Police in disguise as protesters to carry out arrests
https://www.facebook.com/710476795704610/posts/2368519489900324/

2. Police pushing protesters off escalators at Taikoo Shing station
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10158577284228368&id=718498367

3. Special Tactical Squad using violence on a subdued protester
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2380239898729486&id=178965725523592

4. Protester suffers a ruptured eye from Police headshot
https://www.facebook.com/cuhkcampusradio/videos/2902991269775269/

5. Police beating up protesters inside Taikoo Shing station
https://www.facebook.com/explosivehkgirl/videos/436948533571056/?t=10

6. Police opening fire within one meter distance inside Taikoo Shing station
https://www.facebook.com/1579306826/videos/10213938681172687/

7. Police fabricating crime on a protester by putting a stick into his backpack
https://www.facebook.com/abalone/videos/10220792705553921/

8. Police pressing a protester despite severe head haemorrhage
https://www.facebook.com/kyandihui/videos/2513551065368725/

9. Police firing guns inside Kwai Fong station
https://www.facebook.com/100most/photos/a.292832474177740/2264068227054145/?type=3&theater

#PoliceViolence #811 #PoliceDisguisedAsProtestors #STSExcessiveForce #PoliceHeadshotProtestor #EyeRuptured #PoliceFiringInsideMTRStations

[Oct 27: Stand with Journalists Rally to Condemn Police Brutality]

Riot Police Aggressively Assaulted a Subdued Person

In the video, a person who has already been subdued by the police was lying on the ground, with his hands tied behind his back. A police approached and kicked the man in his head. After the shock, the man turned and opened his mouth wide. Another police allegedly put a head cover on the man. The man was shouted at and escorted by the police to board a vehicle.

#PoliceViolence #PoliceBrutality #Oct27

[Oct 28: Police Press Conference]

Police Called Off Press Conference When Confronted with Questions on Police Violence on Journalists

The Hong Kong police suspended their press conference at around 16:44, after a journalist requested the police to stop violence on members of the press.

The journalist recounted cases of police violence and violation of press freedom. She demonstrated how the police flashed light on journalists obstructing them from reporting. She called on other journalists to boycott the press conference.

*After resuming the press conference, Police Public Relation Branch (PPRB) spokeperson ordered a journalist to "shut up" at around 17:07.

Video: Epoch Times Live

#PoliceViolence #PressFreedom #PoliceState #Oct28

Apple Daily boycotts police press conferences

Apple Daily announced today (Oct 28) that they will not attend protest-related press conferences held by the Hong Kong Police, until the police start displaying their identification number and the government withdraws the injunction on the disclosure of police personal details (names included).

Apple Daily states that they will continue to acquire information from the police but they refuse to be the mouthpiece of the authorities.

This decision comes after the police immediate suspension of the press conference, after a reporter demanded the police to stop imposing violence on journalists. (Watch video: https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/9271)

Source: Apple Daily, Oct 28

#PressFreedom #PoliceState

#English
#PoliceBrutality
#PoliceViolence
#devilcops

Recent survey reveals that 65% of journalists had been subjected to police violence at work

#PressFreedom #PoliceViolence