Protestors temporarily storm the government headquarters in Hong Kong before being forced out
Protesters react after tear gas was fired by police outside the Legislative Council building, after demonstrators stormed the building on the anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China in Hong Kong, China July 1, 2019.
Late Monday, young, masked protesters – many wearing yellow hard hats – broke into the legislature after clashes with police. Earlier in the day, huge crowds of peaceful democracy activists staged a march calling for the city's pro-Beijing leader to step down and reverse what they see as years of sliding freedoms.
The small group of mostly students wearing hard hats and masks used a metal trolley, poles and pieces of scaffolding to charge again and again at the compound's reinforced glass doors, which finally gave. Riot police, who had earlier used pepper spray to try and beat the protesters back, appeared to have retreated deeper inside the complex.
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