Hong Kong police on Saturday said they had reprimanded an officer who shouted 'I can't breathe' and 'Black Lives Matter' as his unit dispersed ...
Protesters on June 12 marked the one-year anniversary of major clashes between police and demonstrators. HONG KONG: Hong Kong police on Saturday said they had reprimanded an officer who shouted"I can't breathe" and"Black Lives Matter" as his unit dispersed reporters covering a pro-democracy rally the night before.
The same officer, identified by his badge number, had shouted"Black Lives Matter" to an AFP journalist the same evening.China, alongside Hong Kong's police and city leaders have seized on the US police response to racial justice protests in recent weeks as a way to exonerate its own reaction to protests in the city.
More than 9,000 people have been arrested, while officers fired about 16,000 tear gas rounds and shot three people with live rounds, all of whom survived their wounds.
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