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    Quote Originally Posted by East_coast:
    Taxi driver rammed into a protester. I was a couple of cars behind this when it happened. The crowd were ambling along and facilitating cars to get out of the people filled streets.

    Crime: Attempted Murder?
    Pled: Not charged
    Sentence: No sentence
    Side: Pro-Authoritarian
    Surprisingly: Uber Lenient

    Now a civil action

    https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...-ramming-crowd
    Oh wow, how much of this did you see? If you have dashcam footage of when he drove through the roadblock you can consider contributing it anonymously.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AsianXpat0:
    Oh wow, how much of this did you see? If you have dashcam footage of when he drove through the roadblock you can consider contributing it anonymously.
    Why anonymously?

    All I would of had were crowds of people being polite whilst walking on the road.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MatthieuTofu:
    https://twitter.com/antd/status/1273158552811683840?s=21
    This one stands out for being manifestly excessive even by HK lawfare standards.

    A look at UK - https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk...-revised-2017/
    Maximum one month sentence with many aggravating factors to consider before hitting that.

    Even Singapore, with a max of 4 years imprisonment for using criminal force and hardly known to go easy on disruptions to law and order had the following sentence below.
    In Emmanuel s/o Munisamy v Public Prosecutor [2007] SGDC 72, a sentence of three months’ imprisonment was meted out to the accused who, while being handcuffed by a police officer for using abusive language on a public servant, broke free, hit the police officer’s neck and grabbed his head with both hands, causing the police officer to sustain several injuries.
    amp.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1807394/activist-jailed-obstructing-police-during-occupy-protest

    Even comparing to their own previous standards, somebody with a suspended jail sentence, and with another conviction for charging police lines only merited three weeks when a few police officers involved were allegedly injured.

    Then you compare it to actual instances of aggression by the pro-establishment people, and yeah. Draw your own conclusions whether the deciding magistrate lost all sense of proportion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by East_coast:
    Taxi driver rammed into a protester. I was a couple of cars behind this when it happened. The crowd were ambling along and facilitating cars to get out of the people filled streets.

    Crime: Attempted Murder?
    Pled: Not charged
    Sentence: No sentence
    Side: Pro-Authoritarian
    Surprisingly: Uber Lenient

    Now a civil action

    https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...-ramming-crowd
    This one? https://youtu.be/TpihQlRCVeo

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    Quote Originally Posted by ramelec:
    yes. A couple a of cars behind. The crowd were guiding and waving cars to turn around. I can't see any reason to drive into a wall to feel safe.
    Last edited by East_coast; 11-07-2020 at 03:03 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by East_coast:
    yes. A couple a of cars behind. The crowd were guiding and waving cars to turn around. I can't see any reason to drive into a wall to feel safe.
    What if there is a fight inside the car? I zoomed in and someone enter from the left of the door.

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