Protesters gather outside police headquarters in Hong Kong, China June 21, 2019. REUTERS/Ann Wang
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Thousands of demonstrators blockaded police headquarters on Friday as Asia's leading financial centre braced itself for a third weekend of mass protests against an extradition bill that has plunged the Chinese-ruled city into crisis.
Groups of mostly students wearing hard hats, goggles and face masks set up roadblocks and trapped vehicles in a generally peaceful protest to demand that leader Carrie Lam, who promoted and then postponed the bill, scrap it altogether.
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