Protesters again flooded Hong Kong streets Sunday, ignoring a police ban on the rally and setting up barricades while demanding the government meet their demands for accountability and political rights. The protesters tore up paving stones from the sidewalk and scattered them on the road, commandeered plastic safety barriers and unscrewed metal railings to form makeshift roadblocks. Police fired tear gas outside one station while tens of thousands of demonstrators marched down a main road where traffic came to a standstill. They sang along to the protest movement’s anthem and held up placards depicting the Chinese flag as a Nazi swastika. A witness told local broadcaster RTHK that the assailant shouted afterward that Hong Kong is “a part of China” and other pro-Beijing messages.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 20, 2019 08:03 UTC