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    4 days ago

    The ground them into paste with tank treads and washed their remains into the sewers. There’s photos of that online…

    It took so long to break the protest because they had to assemble forces from across China since locals were too sympathetic and wouldn’t wantonly slaughter them if they refused to back down once confronted by the state. The state wasn’t willing to risk that until it had a gun that fired when commanded.