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by Udik 2208 days ago
> You're using an outdated document as your source.

You're right, the document is outdated. I've searched further and while I did find a few instances of police shooting at protesters, I didn't find deaths.

> I will not post direct links.

Please do instead. And no, I don't think twitter is a reliable source, twitter is an information battleground, you should know it.

> HK police brutality is something like that.

HK citizens have all the means and the interest to spread knowledge of police brutality in their protests. I don't think the comparison with China and covid holds any water (even assuming that what you say about China's covid numbers is true, as "everybody knows" is not a proof).

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> I've searched further and while I did find a few instances of police shooting at protesters, I didn't find deaths.

Not to deemphasize the seriousness of an actual death, but the difference between shooting at protestors (especially if in a crowd, but I have not seen the video) and casualties is a matter of luck.

True of course. For example a police agent shot at close range a protester that was attacking him with an iron bar [1]. Luckily it seems the protester survived.

But again, over many months of mass demonstrations, sometimes violent, the number of zero or very few actual deaths is significant.

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/02/world/asia/hong-kong-shoo...