system arrangement worked out with the british. whereas the older people feel an allegiance or connection to mainland china, many of their children don t have that historic connection and feel much closer to hong kong as a separate independent entity. ben wedeman live for us with the pro police protests. and speaking again of the one country two systems also speaks to a generational divide. ben, thank you for the reporting. matt as well. and of course there is a lot more that you can find out on this story at cnn.com. a new section there features maps, background and links to video. of course connect to cnn.com anytime and learn more about what is happening at hong kong. back in the united states, a 180 by the u.s. president on his
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let s bring in ben wedeman. what are people saying to you? reporter: we re at victoria park which is about a 20 or 30 minute drive from where matt is. obviously this is the other side of the situation mehere in hong kong. this is a protest organized by people to support the hong kong police force. and what we re seeing here is an older cross section of the population. not too many young people here. and they are chanting let me show you one of the signs that they are using. excuse me, sir. give peace a chance. i think what they are really saying is give law and order a chance. this is very much as one man told me that they are part of
become violence, when will that happen. and what we ve seen in the past is that peaceful march occurs, the vast majority go home. but the people ready for a fight, they stay. and at some point police say okay, this is no longer a legal assembly and then that is where the violence begins between protestors and police. we re not sure how it will play out today, but this is very indicative of the protests. a cross section of hong kong society here, putting out the message that centers directly on a pro democracy message, universal suffrage among a list of other demands. and perhaps timing will play into this. from what we ve seen as it gets closer to evening there, police look to clear the streets, timing could play into this and also whether protestors stay along the degragreed route.
we start in hong kong. 4:00 there. and you re seeing the pro democracy protest taking place. again, we have two very different demonstrations to tell you about. again the main protest has already started. thousands have come together in this district that is among the most crowded places in the world. in the meantime, supporters of the city s police are holding their own rally in victoria park. cnn of course live in hong kong where our correspondents are covering all sides of these protests. matt rivers is with the pro democracy group and ben wedeman following the pro police event. matt, let s start with you. again, there is always that difference between sanctioned and unthinks aed protests. and what we re seeing right there on this day, these are