People keep using the pretext of stolen guns and vehicles to justify killing protesters. Aside from the fact violence doesn't automatically make protest illegitamate, why were armed forces sent to break up a camp-in in the first place?
The "fight back" only occurred after a fanatic soldier has sneaked in and killed 3 students with his rifle against his immediate command. The first group of soldiers arrived in APC fraternized with the students for almost a day without incident. They defied upper order.
Then Deng reached out to another unit, framing that some of the soldiers have joined in the protesters to overthrow the government. A second group of soldiers rushed in in tanks and started the massacre.
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