Police officers in riot gear disembarking their vehicles with shields, batons, and tear gas canisters, ready to clear pro-democracy protestors from nearby roads. Pro-democracy protests broke out and escalated into urban conflicts when the Hong Kong government, under the rule of China, refused to withdraw a controversial extradition bill and condoned police brutality against initially peaceful protestors.

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