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#Trauma #PoliceBrutality
Male Police Officer Forcibly Pins 12-Year-Old Girl Passersby Onto the Ground

Watch RTHK Footage Capturing a Different Angle:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25058

At around 4:30pm at Sai Yeung Choi Street South on September 6, 2020, a police officer suddenly had an outburst and started shouting at the pedestrians.

As seen in the video, a 12-year-old girl was extremely frightened at the scene. She was later wrangled and pinned to the ground by several male police officers, with her clothes being pulled during the action.

Read the Full Story:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25059

Source: HKUST Radio News #Sept6

https://www.facebook.com/hkustradionews/videos/vb.114203039989972/1742325909250427/

#PoliceState #MassArrest #HongKongYouth
#Inefficiceny
Force's inefficiency shown in time taken for them to get police vehicle to site

2155 | Shandong Street / Sai Yeung Choi St South, #MongKok

A reporter witnessed a group of arrestees being taken away from a Wilson phone store.

A police officer said that it would take about half an hour to for them to arrange for another police vehicle to take about 10 female arrestees back to the police station. The reporter was very puzzled that it takes half an hour for the force's vehicle to reach the downtown area of Mong Kok, which is an extremely long time given the distance that the police vehicle actually has to travel.

Source: Stand News
#Sept6 #PoliceState #AsiasFinest
BREAKING: Arrestee loses consciousness, sent to the Accident and Emergency Department of Kwong Wah Hospital

2130 | #MongKok
An arrestee suddenly fell down on Sai Yeung Choi South Street and lost consciousness. Riot police officers were seen performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on him at the scene, but he was still irresponsive and unconscious.

The arrestee was brought up to an ambulance and conveyed to the hospital.

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The arrestee was conveyed to the Accident and Emergency Department of Kwong Wah Hospital. Police officer accompanied him while holding on to evidence that they found on him. Eyewitness at the scene claimed that the person was apparently in a comatose.

Source: Cupid News, Internet
#Sept6 #PoliceState #MassArrest
#Solidarity
New World First Bus Operators to Work-to-rule in Solidarity on Sept 7

A group of bus operators at New World First Bus has announced they will work-to-rule on Sept 7, 2020 in solidarity of the route 970 operator arrested by Hong Kong Police. Travel times may be delayed and they hope passengers would understand.

Source: 巴士台 HK Bus Channel
#Sept6 #NewWorldFirstBus #PoliceState

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Police Intercept Bus, Force Passengers to Get Off and Arrest Bus Driver
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24957
#PoliceState #FalseAccusation
Police Accuse Noodle Store Owner of Having Slick Tyre, Tows Car Away

23:23 | #Mongkok
According to Mr Chan, owner of "88 Noodles", at around 21:30 on September 6, 2020, several police vehicles stopped outside his store. The police demanded Mr Chan to turn his car back. Before he could react, riot police officere suddenly came out of their vehicle and accused Mr Chan of having slick tyres with wires sticking out.

Mr. Chan told the police that he changed the tyres earlier this year, and he could not see any wire sticking out.

Moments later, traffic police officers arrived in a vehicle and towed Mr Chan's car away.

Police did not enter Mr Chan's store, but they told him that the case would be followed up in three days.

Source: Community U Media #Sept6

#RiotPolice #TrafficPolice #NoodleShop #CarTow
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#PoliceState #PoliceBrutality #Trauma
12-Year-Old Girl, Shopping for Stationery, Body-Slammed to the Ground by Police

Source: RTHK #Sept6

Watch Footage by UST Radio News:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25044

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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25059
#PoliceState #PoliceBrutality #Trauma
12-Year-Old Girl, Shopping for Stationery, Body-Slammed to the Ground by Police

Watch Video Captured by HKUST Radio News:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25058

Mrs. Ho took her son and daughter to Mongkok for lunch, then let them go shopping for pastel chalks afterwards, while she went to buy groceries and planned to meet up with them later. However, her children soon messaged her that the area around the stationery store was cordoned off by the police, so they headed off to Sai Yeung Choi St South instead.

However, when Mrs. Ho arrived to meet them, she found them detained by the police and brought inside the cordon line.

Onlookers told her that they saw 4 riot police pinning her 12-year-old daughter to the ground, and her son was also roughly manhandled. The whole scene was chaotic.

"The cops just suddenly rushed in and pinned my daughter down...My daughter is only 12 years old! Is this how it is now? The younger you are, the easier you are to get picked on, and the more these cops will bully you?"

According to the footage from HKUST Radio News, the brother-and-sister pair, aged 20 and 12 respectively, were walking past a shuttered shop along with the nearby crowd. Suddenly, a plainclothes officer in a black T-shirt, wielding a baton and shield walked up beside them.

Startled by the police officer's intimidating presence, the girl began walking ahead at a brisk pace.

As she tried to weave through the crowd, a few seconds later, another riot police body-slammed into her head-on, knocking her off her feet. The officer then held onto her shirt and arm, as three more officers piled on top of her, pinning her to the ground. Meanwhile, her brother was held down by at least one other officer.

From what could be seen on the video, the area was not within police cordons at the time.

Watch the footage by RTHK:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25058

Source: Apple Daily #Sept6
https://bit.ly/2F1NuOY

Videos: HKUST Radio News; RTHK

https://www.facebook.com/715486135226112/posts/3808419402599421/

#HongKongYouth #Children #PoliceBrutality
Bizzare: Police Tickets a Man on Wheelchair for Breaching Gathering Ban

In late evening in Mongkok, a middle-aged man on wheelchair was ticketed by the police for violating gathering ban.

He showed the ticket to the reporters, saying he would seek exemption.

Source: United Social Press #Sept6
#PoliceState #Wheelchair #GatheringBan #599GTicket
#PoliceState #MassArrest
Police Continue Mass Arrest in Hong Kong on Cancelled Election Day

At around 9pm, over 10 civilians were intercepted by the police outside King Wah Center in Mongkok. One woman wearing black clothes and black masks had her hands bound by cable ties by the police during arrest.

At least 4 women in the crowd were being arrested and taken away by a police vehicle.

From one of the photos, the police vest was filled with decorative badges other their name "Hong Kong Police Force".

Source: USP #Sept6
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#PoliceState
Arrested Civilian Fainted After Being Detained at the Same Spot for More Than an Hour

At around 21:25 on September 6, 2020, an arrested civilian fainted outside the store "Etude" at Sai Yeung Choi Street South while waiting to be transported by the police vehicle.

According to USP reporter, the person had been detained by the police since 20:00, meaning that he had been standing at the same spot for more than an hour.

A witness video submitted to USP captured how the police performed AED (automated external defibrillator) and CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation) to the fainted arrestee before the arrival of the ambulence.

The incident sparked discussion on the Internet as to whether the police had performed the first aid procedures correctly and whether the civilian had had his pulse stopped.

Read more
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25050

Source: USP #Sept6
https://www.facebook.com/579827748716829/posts/3604105492955691/

#AED #CPR
#PoliceState #NewWorldBus
Hong Kong Police Charge Bus Driver with Possession of "Offensive Weapons" Being Spanner and Screw Driver

A New World Bus driver was arrested by the police when on duty on Sept 6, 2020.

According to Figo Chan, Vice-convener of Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF), the bus driver was charged with not just "dangerous driving" but also "possession of offensive weapon" being a spanner and a screw driver.

At around 16:30 in Yau Ma Tei, the bus driver of route no. 970 was intercepted by the police, reportedly due to him horning, as the police occupied the road. Tens of riot police and tens of traffic police surrounded him for over an hour. He was arrested and taken away by the police.

New World Bus labour union said many drivers are equipped with a hand-size spanner to fix the rear mirror.

Source: Figo Chan's Facebook; Apple Daily #Sept6
https://bit.ly/3bunFTw

#Spanner #KungFuHustle #MassArrest

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Police Finds Fault with Bus Drivers and Companies
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25065
#PoliceBrutality
Mother to seek Legal Assistance before Pressing Charge Against Hong Kong Police for Injuring her Children

Source: Cupid News #Sept6
#PrivateProsecution #Complaint

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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25069
#PoliceBrutality
Mother to seek Legal Assistance before Pressing Charge Against Hong Kong Police for Injuring her Children

On Sunday, September 6, 2020, a 12-year-old girl went with her mother and 20-year-old brother to Mong Kok for lunch. As the mother went for groceries, the brother and sister went shopping at Sai Yeung Choi Street.

Watch footage from HKUST Radio News:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25058

For no apparent reason, several male police officers wrangled the young girl and forcefully pinned her to ground between their legs. The police also ticketed the girl for violating gathering ban.

The Police Force released a statement later on, claiming that the girl looked “suspicious” and officers on the scene only applied "minimum force" to subdue her.

Watch footage from RTHK:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25058

The girl, traumatized, was wounded on her arm and knee. She pleaded for her mother to bring her home but her mother advised her to first seek medical assistance.

The mother of the 12-year-old girl and the 20-year-old boy, Mrs Ho, told reporters that her son and daughter were intended to shop for stationary in Mong Kok. As police cordon lines were set up in Yau Ma Tei, blocking their way to the stationary shop, they then tried to meet up at Sai Yeung Choi South Street.

When Mrs Ho arrived at Sai Yeung Choi South Street, she was shocked to find her daughter sitting inside the police cordon line. When asked, police said her daughter and son "breached the gathering ban" and were therefore ticketed.

Mrs Ho condemned the police for their unjust enforcement and for their groundless accusation on the brother and the sister for violating the gathering ban. A passerby said he saw 4 policemen pushing and dragging the young girl. He told the police to stop. Then, the police accused him of "walking with" the brother and sister and hence "exceeding" the number of people allowed under the anti-pandemic ordinance.

Mrs Ho said she will seek assistance from the District Councillor and lawyers before pressing a charge against the police. She stressed that she will not pay an unreasonable fine ticket.

Source: Cable News; Cupid News #Sept6
#PoliceState #599GTicket #GatheringBan
#Complaint #PrivateProsecution
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#PoliceState
Plainclothes Police Brutally Drag Youngster Over a Zebra Crossing

On the afternoon of September 6, 2020 in Mongkok, the video captured how several plainclothes police dragged a youngster over 10 feet on the concrete road before making arrest.

Read more:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24968

Source: District Councillor Kalvin Ho Kai-ming's Facebook #Sept6
https://www.facebook.com/kalvinhokaiming/videos/1878039925682730/

#HongKongYouth #MassArrest
#PoliceBrutality

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12-Year-Old Girl, Shopping for Stationery, Body-Slammed to the Ground by Police
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25059

HK Police Charge Bus Driver with Possession of "Offensive Weapons" Being Spanner and Screw Driver
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25067
#PoliceBrutality #ChildAbuse
Orthopedic Surgeons: Police's Violent Tactics may have Broken 12-year-old Girl’s Ribs and Lumbar Spine Bones

Watch the footage by RTHK:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25058

A 12-year old girl, on her way to shop for pastel chalk on Sunday, September 6, 2020, was body-slammed head-on by the riot police, who knocked her off her feet. Three more riot police piled on top of her as she was forcefully pinned to the ground in between one of the officer’s legs, causing multiple injuries on her body.

This left the city enraged and the girl traumatised.

The mother of the girl, Mrs Ho, told Apple Daily that her daughter refused to talk about the incident nor watch any relevant video footage. She is worried that her daughter might be suffering from psychological trauma and might need help from a psychologist.

Several orthopedic surgeons, who refused to be identified, commented that the police’s violent enforcement, targeting a young girl, had a good chance of breaking the girl’s ribs and lumbar spine bones. They added, “The girl was very lucky to have gotten away with just abrasions."

Watch Video by HKUST Radio News:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25058

Source: Apple Daily #Sept7
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20200907/KGEGLAWLMNF7JJWRRCFA5LU57I/

#PoliceState #Trauma #HongKongYouth

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Mother to seek Legal Assistance before Pressing Charge Against Hong Kong Police for Injuring her Children
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25069
#BoycottMulan #BanMulan
Founder of Taiwanese Forum PTT Boycotts Disney's Mulan, Hailing Hong Kong Women as "True Mulans"

Source: Liberty Times, Taiwan #Sept6

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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25157
#BoycottMulan #BanMulan
Founder of Taiwanese Forum PTT Boycotts Disney's Mulan, Hailing Hong Kong Women as "True Mulans"

Ethan Tu, founder of Taiwan’s AL Lab initiative and forum PTT, announced on 6 September, 2020 that he will resolutely boycott Disney's Mulan starred by Chinese actress Liu Yifei.

Tu pointed out that the true spirit of the heroic Mulan is carried by many women in Hong Kong who took to the streets to defend their homeland, the rule of law and human rights even though they were threatened by police violence.

In Tu's opinion, Chinese actress Liu Yifei, who was openly supportive of the infamously abusive Hong Kong police, was too hypocritical and therefore incapable of portraying the heroine Mulan.

"I will not watch Mulan. For I have watched the real Mulans [in Hong Kong] die for my ideals and freedom for a whole year. I cannot watch the hypocritical patriotic story of becoming a hero."

Tu lamented that the youth took to the streets for Hong Kong, but were threatened and persecuted by the Hong Kong police with sexual violence. Therefore, he could not look at Liu Yifei, who supported Hong Kong Police's indiscriminate violence.

Source: Liberty Times, Taiwan #Sept6
https://ent.ltn.com.tw/news/breakingnews/3283630

#LiuYiFei #PoliceBrutality
#PTT #Metoo #SexualViolence #RealMulan
#AsiasFinest #FaceMask
HK Police Demand a Man Having Meal in Park to Wear Facemask and Threaten to Charge him of Being Drunk-and-Disorderly

The video footage, provided by an informant to Apple Daily, captured a team of police officers encircling and questioning a man who was having his meal on his own in a park.

One by one, the officers keep pressing on the man, demanding him to put on his facemask with an utterly poor attitude without giving him a chance to explain.

When the man attempted to seek clarification on legal basis of the police’s demand, one female officer felt offended and lashed, “Now, I (police) am telling you to stop eating”. She then threatened to arrest the man with a charge of being drunk-and-disorderly.

The officers eventually released the man after searching his belongings and recording his ID and information.

Apple Daily approached the Police Force for comment on the incident.

Source: Apple Daily #Sept6
https://bit.ly/3i8O9g8

#PoliceState #PoliceBrutality
#Park
#EnvironmentalCrisis
"What Does Your Revolution Look Like?": Uruguayan Photographer Praises Frontline Indigenous Communities for Defending Rainforests

Source: Stand News #Sept6

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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25326
#EnvironmentalCrisis
"What Does Your Revolution Look Like?": Uruguayan Photographer Praises Frontline Indigenous Communities for Defending Rainforests

A billboard-sized photo taken by Uruguayan photographer Pablo Albarenga, winner of 2020's Sony World Photography Award, was displayed on the outer wall of Eaton Hotel, Hong Kong.

The photograph shows a tree standing alone at dawn after surviving deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. The photo is collected in Albarenga's Amazon series which aims to raise awareness of natural conservation and the sustainability of indigenous community.

In his works, Albarenga called for the protection of not only vegetation, clean air and animals, but also the 30 million native population in the Amazon area. Albarenga praised the indigenous peoples at the frontline for "defending their as well as our homes".

On another billboard at Eaton Hotel, the question "What Does Your Revolution Look Like?" has also been on display for several months; however, since the enactment of the national security law in Hong Kong, the word "revolution" was removed and ironically replaced by an ellipsis.

Source: Stand News #Sept6
https://www.facebook.com/710476795704610/posts/3430935006992095/

#HotelEaton #AmazonRainforest #ClimateChange #Deforestation #PabloAlbarenga #Uruguay