"Black Lives Matter!"
"I Can't Breathe!"
On the streets of Hong Kong on June 12, a Hong Kong riot police officer shouted the slogan of US anti-police violence to foreign reporters during law enforcement. According to relevant media reports, the police officer was reprimanded by his superiors for the incident.
Lianhe Zaobao reported on June 15 that June 12 was the first anniversary of Hong Kong’s “anti-send” protests. Hundreds of anti-government protesters in Hong Kong disregarded social distancing rules and went to Causeway Bay, Shatin, Mong Kok and Kwun Tong. Assembled, the police sent a large number of police officers to guard and dispersed them many times.
When a police officer was checking the ID cards of demonstrators in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, he was photographed in front of a foreign reporter's camera and said the recent U.S. slogan against police violence: "Black Lives Matter" (Black Lives Matter), "I Can't Breathe" (I can't breathe) and so on.
He also said to foreign reporters, "This is not America" (This is not America)
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The behavior of the police officer was questioned and mocked by outsiders. The Hong Kong Journalists Association also issued a statement afterwards requesting the police to explain the anti-riot The police chanted to the media the reasons for the US anti-police violent slogans and whether their actions were appropriate, and urged the high-level police to pay attention to the emotional loss of control of frontline police officers.
In response, a Hong Kong police spokesperson responded that the police officer has been admonished for this matter.
She said that relevant personnel have been instructed to pay attention to personal words and deeds and increase sensitivity. The spokesperson also said that relevant parties may take disciplinary action against the police officer based on the results of the investigation. According to media reports, demonstrators gathered in various districts of Hong Kong on the 12th. As of 0:30 on the 13th, the police had arrested 43 people on suspicion of wounding, participating in an illegal assembly, participating in an unauthorized assembly, and disorderly conduct in public places. And possession of offensive weapons, etc.
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