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

I’m going to just pull from two of Maciej Cegłowski‘s tweets on this article (@Pinboard on Twitter, idlewords here):<p>&gt; 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&#x27;t an increase in violence by protesters against people; it&#x27;s a police rampage in which cops shot two schoolkids.<p>&gt; 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 &quot;escalating violence&quot;, descriptions of emergency law as a &quot;measured step&quot;. And we have no public editor to turn to<p>Both from this thread: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;Pinboard&#x2F;status&#x2F;1181240398603112449" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;Pinboard&#x2F;status&#x2F;1181240398603112449</a>

It&#x27;s tough to say what&#x27;s actually going on here, and this is exactly what mainland China wants.<p>Are these protesters mainland Chinese hired by China to organize and promote violence to damage the credibility of the protest?<p>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?<p>We might have a Tienanmen Square 2: Electric Boogaloo soon if this keeps up.