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Windows being smashed or anything so on the surface everything is calm right now but of course anger is not have has not gone away the rift in society the divide is deepening these days of clashes like yesterday like the day before yesterday and into weekends before they have really infuriated many hong kong is a big part of society who still has the sympathy towards the protesters although they have been radical as well we ve seen it in the these pictures that some of them were carrying sticks i ve seen metal rods also being carried to the frontline but the police brutality the police action is perceived as more excessive as more brutal by many hong kong as police are now go week in and dispersing protests much earlier than they used to and using much more severe measures much more big amounts ....
These were really brought clashes between people between the police and the protesters we have seen enormous amounts of tear gas fired there were clouds around all these places the place where i m standing now is one of the one of the centers where all these clashes have happened the metro station that we just saw in these pictures is just over there on the corner so. if this was an escalation that was an escalation from the side of the police who were early on and it big amounts using tear gas rubber bullets than before and we ve also seen an escalation from the side of the protesters who are now more willing to use. metal rods and other hot objects to attack the police and this speaks of course of something underlying the divide in society the discontent with this ....
The metro station that we just saw in these pictures is just over there on the corner so. this was an escalation that was an escalation from the side of the police who were early on and it big amounts using tear gas rubber bullets than before and we ve also seen an escalation from the side of the protesters who are now more willing to use. metal rods and other hot objects to attack the police and this speaks of course of something underlying the divide in society the discontent with this government by the parts of society and especially by the more radical protests this is growing we re going to see this continue trying to get these materials spending a reporting for us in the hong kong thank you for that insight so let s get some more context to this story did he is china expert clifford coonan is here with us ....
Semiautonomous territory of hong kong and china. police there are using tear gas and rubber bullets on the people protesting a new bill that would allow the hong kong government to send fugitive ties hiding in hong kong back to mainland china. critics say this could give china the power to take anyone chinese authorities wanted at any time from hong kong, eroding freedom and putting business owners and journalists at great risk. cnn s matt rivers joins me now live from hong kong. and matt, how did this protest get so violent so quickly? simply put, people are frustrated here in hong kong because of this bill, but also because of encroachment by china over the last couple of years. and those violent protests ended up with this. right now we re in front of a makeshift barrier that thousands of protesters put together over the course of the day. this would be a major highway here, right in the middle of a city with 7.5 million people. normally there would be all kind of cars here, but i ....
Friday because she ations over pay with the council representing half a million civil servants collapsed president emmerson him in ganga has pledged to investigate what he calls unexceptable violence by security forces against civilians who protested against a fuel tax hike twelve people were killed hundreds were injured but doctors say the published death toll may be just a fraction of the real thing. victims of the army crackdown are being treated in hospitals in the capital harare. this man was shot in the leg. he says he doesn t want to show his face because he s afraid of being targeted again he will. be in a hurry resident fair i m a posse also suffered injuries after being attacked by the security forces. on the on the stick started beating me with metal rods logs and barbed wire my hand ....