#NeverForget #ProtestChronology
30 months after 7.21 Yuen Long Mob Attack, Hongkongers refuse to forget
#PoliceState #PoliceBrutality #YuenLong721 #Truth
Image source: Supreme Media, #Jan20
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31954
30 months after 7.21 Yuen Long Mob Attack, Hongkongers refuse to forget
#PoliceState #PoliceBrutality #YuenLong721 #Truth
Image source: Supreme Media, #Jan20
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31954
#NeverForget #ProtestChronology
30 months after 7.21 Yuen Long Mob Attack, Hongkongers refuse to forget
On July 21, 2019, over 100 rod-wielding men stormed Yuen Long rail station, leaving 45 people injured, including pro-democracy journalists, legislators, protesters returning home after a rally and regular commuters.
Several other violent beatings took place in the area, as white-clad men were seen chasing after black-clad civilians with wooden rods and bamboo sticks with the China flag attached.
Hong Kong police were accused of colluding with the attackers and criticised for arriving late to the scene, a whole 39 minutes after they received reports. Over 20,000 calls to the police emergency hotline went unanswered despite the event unfolding on live news. Meanwhile, uniformed officers were spotted walking away from the MTR station as the attack was developing, and later seen chatting with some of the white-clad men with hands on each other's shoulders.
In August 2020, the police aggressively pushed a vastly distorted narrative that runs entirely counter to what video evidence depicts of the assault. In a briefing, police officer said the attack was not "indiscriminate" but were clashes between two "evenly matched" rival groups.
Dubbed the "7.21 Yuen Long attack", the incident is one of the most remembered happenings during the Anti-Extradition Bill movement. It remains a shocking and indelible evidence of the police turning its back on Hong Kong people.
#PoliceState #PoliceBrutality #YuenLong721 #Truth
Image source: Supreme Media, #Jan20
30 months after 7.21 Yuen Long Mob Attack, Hongkongers refuse to forget
On July 21, 2019, over 100 rod-wielding men stormed Yuen Long rail station, leaving 45 people injured, including pro-democracy journalists, legislators, protesters returning home after a rally and regular commuters.
Several other violent beatings took place in the area, as white-clad men were seen chasing after black-clad civilians with wooden rods and bamboo sticks with the China flag attached.
Hong Kong police were accused of colluding with the attackers and criticised for arriving late to the scene, a whole 39 minutes after they received reports. Over 20,000 calls to the police emergency hotline went unanswered despite the event unfolding on live news. Meanwhile, uniformed officers were spotted walking away from the MTR station as the attack was developing, and later seen chatting with some of the white-clad men with hands on each other's shoulders.
In August 2020, the police aggressively pushed a vastly distorted narrative that runs entirely counter to what video evidence depicts of the assault. In a briefing, police officer said the attack was not "indiscriminate" but were clashes between two "evenly matched" rival groups.
Dubbed the "7.21 Yuen Long attack", the incident is one of the most remembered happenings during the Anti-Extradition Bill movement. It remains a shocking and indelible evidence of the police turning its back on Hong Kong people.
#PoliceState #PoliceBrutality #YuenLong721 #Truth
Image source: Supreme Media, #Jan20