<story><title>Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong Kong protests</title><url>https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/dbqgb0/protester_shot_in_chest_by_live_police_round/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dx87</author><text>Not to defend what the police have been doing overall during this protest, but in this specific incident you can see the protestors beating a police officer on the ground, and the protestor who got shot was swinging a metal pipe at the police officer that shot him.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>woutr_be</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been fairly critical of protestors before, but in this instance, you can  see the police going in for a fight, already heavily outnumbered. I&amp;#x27;m not sure what they expected to happen, but the officer drew his gun almost instantly and shot a high school kid at point blank range.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s been other instances today where police was just looking to fight protestors, and as soon as they realized protestors weren&amp;#x27;t having any of it, they drew their guns and shot in the air. There&amp;#x27;s a difference between an officers&amp;#x27; life being in danger, and the officer stupidly putting his life in danger.</text></comment>
<story><title>Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong Kong protests</title><url>https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/dbqgb0/protester_shot_in_chest_by_live_police_round/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dx87</author><text>Not to defend what the police have been doing overall during this protest, but in this specific incident you can see the protestors beating a police officer on the ground, and the protestor who got shot was swinging a metal pipe at the police officer that shot him.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>vnchr</author><text>The police are allowed to shoot someone in the leg. Lethal force is not the only option with a firearm.</text></comment>