let's keep these brave people in our thoughts and prayers

cover ups, police action, being forced to sell land by the government, mmmmmmmmm i used to be able to think, 'it couldn't happen here'. now i'm not so sure. these people didn't deserve to die. we don't either for that matter

Witnesses: Chinese village sealed
Officials reportedly offering money to conceal shooting deaths
BEIJING, China (AP) -- Officials were reportedly trying to cover up police shootings of protesters in a Chinese village by offering money for victims' bodies, and villagers said they were blocked from leaving the area Saturday -- four days after the incident.
Residents say police killed up to 20 people Tuesday when they fired on demonstrators in Guangdong province's Dongzhou village, northeast of Hong Kong.
The villagers had been protesting allegedly inadequate payments for land taken for use in building a power plant.
If the toll of 20 is confirmed, it would be Chinese security forces' deadliest known use of force against civilians since the killings around Tiananmen Square in 1989.
The Dongzhou protest reflects rising tension in rural China over land seizures for factories, power plants, shopping malls and other projects.
Farmers often say they are paid too little. Some accuse officials of stealing compensation money.......