weapons or homemade shields, instead of slowing out slogans or chanting, they were shouting obscenities and insults at the police. it was so much more violent. that s because a lot of these protesters believe that the thugs who attacked protesters at the station last week were hired by the police, that s really injected a new quality into this, where there were so many young people who felt like the police were now on the menu, they re part of the source of the anger of these protests. pretty interesting, this all started, of course, when they were trying to change a law that has gone away. now what are they trying to really achieve here? it s a good question, kendis, the law that would have seen hong kong or possibly extradited to mainland china, that s been basically shelled, it s no longer on the table any more.
attacking five people and overwhelming police. their faces cowardly hidden behind black bandannas and hoodies as they kicked, punched, and pushed trump supporters to the ground with homemade shields. 13 people were arrested, and a range of charges including assault with a deadly weapon and obstructing a police officer. i ve been doing this for a year and a half, and it is never both sides, the one side coming usually when we are attacking back, it is in self-defense, every time. they were throwing straight up bombs at us last time, i did not hear anything in the major media. stay out of our cities, campuses, this is not a fascist america that we will tolerate, and not the whites of premises either. we call on people of conscious all over the country to stand up for them whatever your political background and perspective against white supremacy and fascism wherever it rears its ugly head. kennedy: one thing to stand up against white supremacy and fascism, but they are using fascis
police, just right in my vantage point. i did earlier see them on the second floor. one of the students, he just saw them. but i don t see any police officers here on the ground floor. and you can see there s quite a bit of a crowd. i want to walk you over this way. excuse us. you can see this way. you can see, get a better look at the crowd. this is a large crowd. and despite police orders, telling them to clear out, they re not going anywhere. and they re still chanting. they re still dancing. we were asking about some of the homemade shields. i can see some of them here. they re holding them up. they re using them. and they re surrounding this, what s left of this fire, almost as if it s a party, you can see people moving around and dancing. so, you know, the police did give the order to disburse some time ago. it was at least 10 or 15 minutes ago, and no one here is heeding
space because we believe the security forces will try and force them out at some point during the night. at the front, there are young men with homemade shields and behind them, crowds of men and women of all ages beating them with supplies, stones, rocks, chipping away at the road and providing them with ammunition. lighting huge bonfires here, all of it a defensive effort to try and keep the security forces at bay in what has been the most deadly day of violence throughout this. phil it, obviously this crisis has been going on for several months but this has really tonight risen to a whole new level when you re looking at the dead and these bonfires throughout the city and as you said in independence square. is there an end in sight as to what aware seeing which is a ferocious standoff now in the streets? tonight we know that opposition party leaders are meeting with the president. they ve been talking for some
independence square in the city of the city and here set up lines and barricades, all involved some way in an effort to try and hold on to this space because we believe the security forces will try and force them out at some point during the night. at the front, there are young men with homemade shields and behind them, crowds of men and women of all ages beating them with supplies, stones, rocks, chipping away at the road and providing them with ammunition. lighting huge bonfires here, all of it a defensive effort to try and keep the security forces at bay in what has been the most deadly day of violence throughout this crisis. phil, obviously this crisis has been going on for several months but this has really tonight risen to a whole new level when you re looking at the dead and these bonfires throughout the city and as you said in independence square. is there an end in sight as to what aware seeing which is a ferocious standoff now in the streets? tonight we know that