June 12 two years on: Why Hongkongers’ collective memory and spirit of resistance endures | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP

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June 12 two years on: Why Hongkongers’ collective memory and spirit of resistance endures | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP

For many Hongkongers and people watching around the world, June 12, 2019 marked the beginning of the city’s bitter resistance against authoritarianism – first against the extradition bill that would have eroded political and judicial freedoms and later against rampant police brutality, and a regime that resorts to violence and cannot be held accountable. On that date, police fired canister after canister of teargas as they charged at unarmed pro…