Hong Kong’s Hard-Core Protesters Take Justice into Their Own Hands

> This is a really tendentious article by the New York Times that makes me question their other Hong Kong coverage. The story the past week isn't an increase in violence by protesters against people; it's a police rampage in which cops shot two schoolkids.

> There is incredible journalism being done here, including by @nytimes reporters, but what reaches the front page is bad. David Brooks bullshit, articles like this on "escalating violence", descriptions of emergency law as a "measured step". And we have no public editor to turn to

Both from this thread: https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1181240398603112449

Are these protesters mainland Chinese hired by China to organize and promote violence to damage the credibility of the protest?

Are these protesters Hong Kong natives who are extremely tired of the bullshit that mainland China is forcing on their country, and the mask ban + months of protests without results are starting to get to them?

We might have a Tienanmen Square 2: Electric Boogaloo soon if this keeps up.