As riot police chased and arrested protesters outside a luxury mall in Hong Kong last Sunday, two black-clad youth ducked behind a huddle of middle-aged and elderly people, who quickly formed a human wall around them.
The yellow vests they wore were printed with the words “Protect the Children”, identifying them as volunteers of a group which was formed in response to what they viewed as the increasingly brutal treatment of protesters at the hands of police during the city’s four-month-long anti-government protests.
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