Hong Kong: Thousands of protestors gather to mark 5th anniversary of Umbrella Revolution

Thousands of protestors on Saturday gathered here to mark the fifth anniversary of Umbrella Revolution.Washington Post reported that protesters gathered in the tens of thousands to mark the fifth anniversary of the 2014 revolution, which awakened them to the city's distinct identity to oppose their masters in Beijing and laid the groundwork for a political crisis now in its 17th week.A banner put up at the protest read "We are back". South China Morning Post reported that Police took the banner down within an hour.The protestors armed with stacks of posters, stickers, fliers and cans of glue and spray paint rebuilt the "Lennon Walls" of anti-government graffiti which was assembled from Victoria Park to Tamar Park.Police used water cannons to blast a blue-tinted dye to quickly clear the protestors.When the 2014 movement came to an end, protestors then had put up banners which read "We will be Back." The movement was triggered by a proposal from Beijing that would grant Hong Kong only .