'Wanton destruction' and economic toll on Hong Kong may make people less sympathetic to protests
Hong Kong on Sunday saw it's most violent day since mass demonstrations broke out in the city thirteen weeks ago.
Demonstrators were tearing down CCTV cameras, throwing tear canisters back at the police and flipping metal fences onto the rail tracks, leaving many arrival passengers stranded in the airport for hours.
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