There were Tibetan flags, Chinese flags, U.S. flags and Free Burma placards. There was a die-in for Darfur with green-shirted students sprawled across the Embarcadero. There were dancing dragons, balloons, nude protestors and bemused bystanders.
Police were on bicycles, on foot, on jet skis and on buses but none of them were doing all that much. There was also an Olympic torch somewhere.
Peter Ueberroth, chairman of the United States Olympic Committee, said: "Virtually anybody and everybody is being heard."
Protest, support, tolerance, noise, color, wind and chaos. It was a good day for San Francisco.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
The Olympic Torch catches some San Francisco spirit
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