independent inquiry into police brutali brutality. they want the hong kong police force to be disbanded and of course they now want universal suffrage. that has become the main goal really of these protesters. we've heard from the city's chief executive carrie lam who says that is never going to happen. we've also heard from chinese president xi jinping who said any act of separatism will be crushed. for the people here, this is an act of defiance. four months into these protests and they are turning out in the thousands with their makeshift weapons, their metal pipes, their hammers, their sledge hammers. they are smashing up shops that are seen as pro china. they are vandalizing train stations that are seen to be the eyes of the hong kong government. they are taking to the streets