Here’s Why Hong Kong Police Are Beating Umbrella Protesters.
Fear. That’s the explanation the son of a police officer arrived at to answer the question of why police acted aggressively towards protesters during the Hong Kong protests.
Chiang Kang, a writer for Hong Kong news website inmediahk.com, recently asked his father, who’s a Hong Kong cop, why the force is so jumpy about protesters.
“What if you burn the car? What if you occupy the airport and shut down Hong Kong?” Chiang Kang’s father said.
The police “refuse to believe that ‘peaceful protesters’ really exist in this world,” Chiang Kang added.
Chiang Kang father’s perspective on protesters is perhaps representative of people his age.
In a blog post, Chinese University of Hong Kong journalism lecturer Chan Yuen discusses a generational divide that is preventing today’s Hong Kong youths from communicating their views on politics and society with previous generations.
