Commentary
As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has demonstrated throughout the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests, the suppression of liberty and the imposition of a police state comes in several short and often violent stages.
Tyranny by Stages
First, there was just tear gas leveled against the pro-democracy students protesting in the streets of downtown Hong Kong. Some of the protesters were arrested. Occasional public beatings by uniformed Hong Kong police often preceded arrests. And, according to Amnesty International, private beatings and
torture sometimes followed arrests.