Pepper balls fired by police as protests escalate in Hong Kong

[tacobell fan]

Police cordoned off streets downtown as demonstrators gathered in large numbers to protest a discussion in the city's legislature on a law that would punish insulting China's national anthem. It comes days after large protests took place in the city against a sweeping national security law proposed by China last week, and follows rising tensions between pro-democracy and pro-Beijing lawmakers.

[Pitta]