11th June 2019 – (Hong Kong) A day after hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers took to the streets to protest against the new amendments to Hong Kong’s extradition law, the stage is set for further face-offs tomorrow.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam reiterated yesterday that the proposed amendments to the Bill will go through a second reading tomorrow, while its opponents have called for more protest measures including closure of businesses and gathering in front of Legislative Council. Some organisers even openly called for protestors to stop their vehicles at Tsing Ma Bridge and Lung Cheung Road to obstruct traffic at around 5am tomorrow.

Tamar Park which sits adjacent to the Central Government Offices and the Legislative Council has been sealed off recently.

First road block is planned at Tsing Ma Bridge as the protestors want to cut off traffic towards the airport so that Hong Kong’s image as a world-class city will be tarnished. Second road block will be staged at Lung Cheung Road to paralyse the traffic between Kwai Chung and TST. Organisers posted on social media that they will provide food and drinks while loudspeakers will be used as warning to disperse the protestors if presence of police vehicles are detected.

Boston protesters ‘united against racism’ shut down highway during rush hour

Twenty-nine protesters with the Boston contingent of “Black Lives Matter” who were arrested after shutting down two sections of a busy Boston highway in January 2015. We clearly understand first amendment rights and we respect those,” Massachusetts State Police Colonel Superintendent Tim Allen said. “And I think we give great leeway for people to go out there and express those rights.”

He added, “If you go out to an interstate highway, you are endangering your lives. You are endangering the lives of those people that are on the highway and you’re endangering the lives of people that are in neither one of those places.”