In dealing with the summer-long protests, the Hong Kong police handle things differently than they did five years ago during the Umbrella Movement. According to various media reports, police have fired more than 2,000 rounds of tear gas, large quantities of bean bags and rubber bullets, and even sprayed water cannons at the protesters in the past three months.
People suspect that mainland Chinese police are present in the Hong Kong police force. A video taken by a witness on Sept. 8 shows several policemen speaking mandarin to each other, supporting this assertion.
