Protesters in Hong Kong have been doing some soul-searching, questioning whether their spontaneous style of demonstration risks going too far.
The protester felt torn as an elderly Australian woman in a wheelchair grabbed his hand and asked for help.
“Be Water” — the organizing principle protesters borrowed from Bruce Lee, the late Hong Kong-American actor and martial artist — has kept them one step ahead of the police.But on Tuesday, ad hoc activism turned ugly. An airport occupation escalated into conflicts with passengers, clashes with police and attacks on two suspected mainland spies who protesters believed were trying to infiltrate the demonstration.
“Protesters are not monsters with no bottom line, but restrained, disciplined activists,” read one popular post.Two consensuses have emerged: Hong Kong’s government and police are to blame for the escalation of violence, and the demonstrators will remain united even if they disagreed on tactics. Several pro-democracy legislators often show up at demonstrations as mediators, wedging themselves between protesters and police and urging both sides to calm down.
At a protest last weekend, police ruptured one young woman’s eyeball and allowed organized criminal gangs to attack protesters and bystanders. It is difficult to tally the injuries suffered by demonstrators, because many have been afraid to seek treatment. Several have been arrested at hospitals. “But on the other hand, the type of violence exhibited by the police and even the triads is easily 10 times or 100 times more severe.”man, described the chain of events that led to it.
“All of us have a fear. The fear overrides everything,” Chan said, explaining why some protesters have resorted to violence. “Fear of being arrested, being hurt by police, the fear of losing another friend, another protester in any kind of protest, the fear of being prosecuted.”
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