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Riot Police Meet Hong Kong Protesters with Pepper Spray, Batons

Erin Hale

   HONG KONG - Protesters and riot police returned to the streets of Hong
   Kong early Monday to mark the 22nd anniversary of the city's
   reunification with China.

   Thousands encircled the city's government complex in the afternoon as a
   small group attempted to break into the legislature, while police
   waited inside and fired pepper spray through the gates.

   Protesters used umbrellas, goggles, masks and plastic wrap on their
   limbs to shield their identities from police and to protect themselves
   from police pepper spray as they attempted to ram the legislature's
   door open and break windows near the entrance.

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