True, the policeman wasn't there by accident. His presence was premediated. By China. There was an understanding - One Country, Two Systems. China abrogated th

True, the policeman wasn't there by accident. His presence was premediated. By China. There was an understanding - One Country, Two Systems. China abrogated that understanding by 1) creating a legislature that was no longer responsive to residents, triggering the Umbrella movement and 2) unilaterally attempting to impose an extradition treaty. If China respected that (documented) understanding then most likely this massive fracas would not have happened. First they took over the legislature, and then they went for the justice system. Hong Kong thought they would retain their justice system through 2047, and that expectation was rudely dismissed. So here we are, with police gunning down a high school student. There were better ways to deal with this situation, but Beijing became arrogant and tried to rush the calendar. End result is the need for a police state to prop up a stalemate of their own creation. The kids who would suffer most under this oppression are desperately trying to find a way out, as peacefully as possible, but JFK had it right; those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.