If these protestors were in the US and using molotov cocktails etc, how would our police respond? I remember how occupy wall street was treated, and they were really non violent, albeit obstructive.

China has a very low tolerance for crap and will do whatever is required to stop the violence, including killing rioters.

Here are people fighting for their freedom, while here in America we simply surrender it to the PC crowd, Antifa, and the Socialist invaders.
Let's be like them, fight for our freedom

Someone correct me if I am wrong.
Best I recall the UK ran Hong Kong for nearly a 100 years and never had any problems anywhere as bad as this. Thus the root of the problem is entirely at the feet of the Chinese government.

What does the President think, whoops, used the t word...

I give these folks a lot of credit and wish them the best of luck. Against Chinese thugs, you're going to need it.

US cops would have shot the lawless rioting thugs dead.
Law and order must prevail in a civilized society.
These thugs preach democracy but beat up anyone who disagrees with them, including
killing a street cleaner for doing his job, while the mob was vandalizing non-stop.
HK girlie cops need to man up, learn from US cops. Shoot first to rein in law and order.

Having an ad for a bank before the video to this article in particular is insensitive and inexcusable.

This needs to happen on US college campuses; we need to shake out the violent revolutionaries that our hiding out in the halls of academia and spreading their poison.

As weeks turn into months of Hong Kong student and civilian protests with increasing violence and vitriol, the stakes for both sides in this conflict may soon reach critical mass. Democracy and the rule of law must be respected equally but events, triggered by disruption and chaos, may prompt a severe reaction from hard-liners in Beijing. Let's hope calmer heads can eventually prevail. Right now it doesn't look good.

Chi-fung will be disappointed when China is finally forced to act and brings in the military. Then the advantages of living in Hong Kong as opposed to mainland China will be gone and the militant protesters will be in Chinese jails. How can they fail to see that? And those who encourage them will bear a large part of the responsibility.

These Militants must be processed with cured ham, capons, and farm turkeys into delicious sausages for open grills.