示威者及其骨干成員一貫的說法是,，香港出現(xiàn)的一切暴力事件顯然都是警方挑起的,，自己只是被迫還擊,。他們稱這是一種自衛(wèi)手段,。但是,，老實說，一旦親眼見證,，你就會發(fā)現(xiàn)他們的說法純屬無稽之談,。

It‘s not just a battle between activists and the police。 We’ve seen how the most violent demonstrators have openly targeted properties and businesses that they deem to be pro-Beijing,。 They have destroyed Xiaomi stores,。 They have destroyed Bank of China branches。 They have intentionally started fires and destroyed transport infrastructure because it is linked to the authorities,。 We have seen growing attacks on mainlanders present in the city,。 We’ve seen a man set on fire。 There‘s an elderly gentleman who’s now passed away after a brick being thrown off his head,。 

那不僅僅是激進人士和警察之間的沖突,。我們看到的是，極端暴力的示威者公然破壞他們所認為的親中物業(yè)和企業(yè),。他們打砸小米商店和中國銀行香港分行,；他們蓄意縱火損毀交通設施，原因是這些設施為政府所有,。我們看到越來越多在港內地人遭到攻擊,。我們看到有人被縱火焚燒。還有一位老先生被磚頭砸中頭部后去世了,。

The idea that this violence is justifiable and encapsulated in the scope of retaliation to police activities is absolutely ludicrous,。 And it more resembles an all embracing hatred and pursuit of everything linked to the Chinese mainland,。 It‘s just not a justifiable defense。

有人認為這種暴力情有可原,，僅僅是對警察執(zhí)法的對等報復,。這種想法簡直荒唐。這種行為更像是對所有和中國內地相關事物的全盤仇恨,，根本不是正當防衛(wèi),。

When I lived in Hong Kong， it was quite evident that there was an underlying prejudice against the Chinese mainland,。 It wasn‘t just a political prejudice against the Chinese mainland,； it was social prejudice too,。