By — Carey Reed Carey Reed By — Long Li Long Li Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/police-fire-tear-gas-disburse-pro-democracy-protesters-hong-kong Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Police fire tear gas on pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong World Sep 28, 2014 3:20 PM EDT Police fired tear gas on Sunday to disperse thousands of pro-democracy protesters, who had blocked the main thoroughfare leading to Hong Kong’s financial district and assembled in front of government headquarters this weekend, Reuters reports. https://twitter.com/BloombergPhotos/status/516234212991860736 Standoff between Hong Kong police and protesters, right next to the People's Liberation Army barracks. #OccupyCentral pic.twitter.com/qIV9WAFkkH — Alan Wong (@alanwongw) September 28, 2014 Police using a lot of teargas and pepper spray to push back protesters from PLA barracks to legco. #OccupyAdmiralty pic.twitter.com/MhRPOoAeZJ — Paul Mozur (@paulmozur) September 28, 2014 The protest, which was taken over by pro-democracy group, “Occupy Central with Peace and Love”, follows a week-long strike by students, according to the Associated Press. University students began skipping classes on Sept. 22 to show their disapproval for the late-August ruling by Beijing’s central government against a fully democratic election for Hong Kong’s next leader in 2017, The New York Times reported. The protests were peaceful up until Friday, when student-led demonstrators broke through a cordon and scaled a fence to enter the city’s main government compound, reports Reuters. More than 60 people have been arrested and more than 30 have suffered minor injuries, according to the BBC. On its Facebook page, the Hong Kong Federation of Students called for people to retreat, because they feared that police would use rubber bullets to break up the crowds. They asked people in the group to save their energy for future protests. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Carey Reed Carey Reed Carey Reed assists in covering breaking and feature news for NewsHour Weekend's website. She also helps the NewsHour Weekend broadcast team in the production of the show. She is interested in the flourishing fields of data journalism and information visualization and recently graduated, with honors, from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. @careyereed By — Long Li Long Li
Police fired tear gas on Sunday to disperse thousands of pro-democracy protesters, who had blocked the main thoroughfare leading to Hong Kong’s financial district and assembled in front of government headquarters this weekend, Reuters reports. https://twitter.com/BloombergPhotos/status/516234212991860736 Standoff between Hong Kong police and protesters, right next to the People's Liberation Army barracks. #OccupyCentral pic.twitter.com/qIV9WAFkkH — Alan Wong (@alanwongw) September 28, 2014 Police using a lot of teargas and pepper spray to push back protesters from PLA barracks to legco. #OccupyAdmiralty pic.twitter.com/MhRPOoAeZJ — Paul Mozur (@paulmozur) September 28, 2014 The protest, which was taken over by pro-democracy group, “Occupy Central with Peace and Love”, follows a week-long strike by students, according to the Associated Press. University students began skipping classes on Sept. 22 to show their disapproval for the late-August ruling by Beijing’s central government against a fully democratic election for Hong Kong’s next leader in 2017, The New York Times reported. The protests were peaceful up until Friday, when student-led demonstrators broke through a cordon and scaled a fence to enter the city’s main government compound, reports Reuters. More than 60 people have been arrested and more than 30 have suffered minor injuries, according to the BBC. On its Facebook page, the Hong Kong Federation of Students called for people to retreat, because they feared that police would use rubber bullets to break up the crowds. They asked people in the group to save their energy for future protests. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now