HK police just shot an 18-year-old with live rounds.
This is beyond outrageous; the public will certainly tone up their resentment against the CCP and their military-backed armed apparatus.
Once again, history precedents tend to suggest that single incidents like this one can quickly cartwheel into a major upheaval among the protesters, who up until now have been relatively peaceful in their activities.
Oh, I didn't know you can't shoot a violent criminal because he's 18. In your country, what is the age at which you can start shooting at someone for trying to kill you with a molotov or steel club? LOLOL
The public resentment is completely towards rioters and how far they've gone without repercussion. The resentment towards the CCP is that they haven't put these violent thugs down after all this time. These criminals should have all been shot like they would be in the US long before they got this far. Relatively peaceful? Haha, relative to where, Somalia?
If historic precedents are to be followed, going far back, military suppression against the opposition is effective in uniting the country, hence every civil war in every country that had one. In the near term, I recall these rioters acting very tough until a gun goes off, then they all run like headless chickens.
Major upheaval? Yeah, against the CIA cronies who hired them and told them that they'd be safe no matter how violent they got. Maybe they'll up the price that the CIA needs to pay them since now they calculate the risk of death into the payment. For the idiots who go dragged into rioting as a way to let off steam, this is a major rethink against committing violent crimes that can get them shot to death.