Apr 09 2008
firsthand account of torch relay change & protests–forthcoming
I will have my own post on the China Olympic torch up later tonight or early tomorrow. I was actually at the San Francisco Ferry Building (and the Justin Hermann Plaza) this afternoon with the hopes of seeing the torch pass by. After finding a great spot on the Embarcadero, which was the original torch path, I waited… and waited… and the torch was re-routed.
The press has an interesting spin that the protests were so violent and so forth. They weren’t that bad as there were a lot of smiles and live music going. Will have more details and maybe some cell phone camera pictures up later, but I wanted to let everyone know: the demonstrations were not that bad. More to come soon.
