After a year since the beginning of the student-led mass protests in Thailand that subsided due to the coronavirus outbreak, the anti-government protesters returned as the delta variant wrecks havoc through Bangkok. However, the gatherings often resulted in violent clashes that occurred almost daily between August and September, where protesters use slingshots, fireworks, paint, and homemade bombs against rubber bullets and teargas from riot police. Although both protesters and police sustained injuries during the clashes, various rights groups expressed concerns that police responses were often excessive and indiscriminate toward protesters who are mostly young people.