Hong Kong police on Saturday said they had reprimanded an officer who shouted “I can’t breathe” and “Black Lives Matter” as his unit dispersed reporters covering a pro-democracy rally the night before. The officer was part of a team of riot police responding to protests on Friday evening in Yau Ma Tei district. The phrase “I can’t breathe” has been embraced by racial justice protesters in the United States following the death of George Floyd, a black man killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis on May 25.
