#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #teaparty More Clashes In Hong Kong Between Police, Pro-Democracy Protesters http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/10/15/356346515/more-clashes-in-hong-kong-between-police-pro-democracy-protesters Hong Kong's police department says it is investigating reports of excessive use of force against pro-democracy demonstrators today following some of the most intense clashes since the protests ramped up last month. As we reported earlier, in the past 24 hours "police [have] played a game of Whac-a-Mole with protesters. They cleared streets only to have protesters erect roadblocks elsewhere." They used pepper spray and batons, dragging off dozens of protesters who sought to set up roadblocks around an underpass near government headquarters, in the heart of the city's financial district. Authorities made 45 arrests for "unlawful assembly."...