Police arrested some 1,400 protesters on Thursday, but most of them knew they had it coming, since they were practicing active civil disobedience by sitting-in right in the middle of busy intersections to block traffic. On Thursday, merely marching in a street was not enough to get you arrested. In fact, on Thursday night, a crowd of thousands had freely paraded in Market Street all the way from Powell to the Castro District with a police escort.
But by Friday night, the SFPD was arresting anyone who’d been marching with a group that even stepped into the street. [...]
As the brigade began to march up Market Street on the sidewalk, motorcycle cops prevented the leaders of the pack, who were carrying a “Not in Our Name” banner, from entering the streets several times. A police officer on a megaphone blared: “To all the individuals marching on Market Street, you are advised to remain on the sidewalk or you will be subject to arrest.”
— from salon.com
I’m actually kind of glad.
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