Posts tagged Protests
J T | Student Medic: “When I put on my first aider vest, people are looking at me as a source of light.”

In their darkest hour, they see my vest and think that their savior is here. At some point we will win this war, so we shouldn’t lose hope. “Dare to reach your hands into darkness, to pull another to light.” — this is a quote I uphold all the time.

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Kelvin | Frontliner on why he is willing to sacrifice - “If I succumb to fear, Hong Kong will fall apart.”

We never push with the intent to harm or kill the police. We just want to push them back so that the PRNs won’t be afraid of taking to the streets. I hope those two million people can once again come forward, even if they only help with passing supplies at the back. I promise that us frontliners will always stand in front of PRNs, so that if anything goes wrong, we will be at the front shielding you and making sure all the PRNs have retreated safely before leaving.

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Meifei | 'School bus' driver - "It was fate that led to us providing free rides and helping student protestors get home."

As for the ideal Hong Kong, I think it would be similar to how it was pre-1997, when there was the Independent Commission Against Corruption and a fair legal system, when the civil service system was sound and citizens had housing... Twenty years after the handover, we are shocked to discover how much we have lost. The prosperity has faded and the glory days of this resplendent metropolis are over.

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