In one of Hong Kong's biggest rallies in months, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators crowded the streets in a mass show of support for a protest movement that shows no signs of slowing as it enters a seventh month.
Many marchers held up five fingers to press the movement's five demands. They include democratic elections for Hong Kong's leader and legislature and a demand for a probe of police behavior during the six months of continuous protests.of Chief Executive Carrie Lam. Protesters spanned generations. One man's young son marched in his Spiderman suit.
“The government ignores our public opinion and keeps on surprising the young kids. They’re our city’s future, our future.”Marchers said protesting has become part of the fabric of their lives since demonstrations erupted in June against a now-withdrawn government measure that would have allowed criminal suspects to be sent for trial in Communist Party-controlled courts in mainland China.
Police in riot gear deployed in numbers on the edges of the march. Earlier in the day, they arrested 11 people and seized a cache of weapons, including a firearm with more than 100 bullets. Police said the suspects apparently planned to use the weapons during the protest to frame police, who have been accused of using excessive force against the protesters.
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