Police killer protest spills on Shanghai streets

The number of internet-generated issues that spills onto the streets increases very fast, but the Shanghai protest on Monday in favor of the police killer Yang Jia (28), who killed in July six Shanghai police men, is a very special to say the least. (Here yesterdays report by AFP.)
Of course, Yang was heading for a sure death penalty when his case was heard by the court, but at the internet people started to defend Yang, who was said to have been mistreated by the Shanghai police, changing this angry citizen into a killer.

In the street outside Shanghai's Higher People's Court, the protesters were taken away by police after donning T-shirts with Yang's face on them and a quote from him reading: "If you don't give me a reason then I will teach you a lesson.""We are just ordinary people concerned about Yang Jia's fate. We want to know the truth but they were shutting off all the access," Liang Yin, one of the protesters said. She hid her T-shirt to avoid being taken into custody.

Yang at least got a second hearing.

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