War protests
2004-03-19 19:39:51.445586+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
One of the joys of working downtown is the drone of the helicopters when the anti-war protesters come to town. This morning was the first time I actually saw a relatively large group of 'em, I came up behind the mob when I got off the ferry, ducked through the Embarcadero BART station, and got ahead of 'em. If you counted the photographers and helicopters, I think the reporters outnumbered the protesters. SFGate reports 8 arrests so far.
Coming up at the west end of the BART station there was a fantastic string quartet playing on the far side of the turnstiles. I considered backtracking and going around to drop some money in their cases, but that would have brought me up the stairs right in the middle of the crowd. And, alas, their sweet tones were drowned up by the drums and brass of the rally above as I ascended the escalator.