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Police Fire a Gun for the First Time at Hong Kong Protest

Written By VICE News on Wednesday, Aug 28, 2019 | 11:45 AM

 
Things took a turn for the worse in Hong Kong this weekend. Police took unprecedented action on protestors, using water cannons to disperse crowds and later shooting their first live round since protests began 11 weeks ago. Scenes of conflict between protestors and police are becoming increasingly common. And now, some youngsters believe that fighting back with force is the only way to get the government's attention. “For us, if we don't use radical ways to fight against the government, [then] the government will still see us as nothing,” says 20 year-old Jen, who asked to use a pseudonym due to the heightened security risk. Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicenews Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews Tumblr: http://vicenews.tumblr.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/vicenews More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideo

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