This was the scene last night in Sue Bierman Park just north of Justin Herman Plaza. Can you see all the tents?
People were marching in support of Bradley Manning, but just after 5:00 PM or so the Occupy tents started going up.
Then the 8:00 PM closing time for the park came along so the tents started coming down. (San Francisco officials want to make sure they don’t “pull a Quan,” of course.)
SFPD, Ferry Building, tents, Parrot Tree, Sue Bierman Park, Bay Bridge, Vaillancourt Fountain:
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“FREE WIKILEAKS WHISTLEBLOWER BRADLEY MANNING
* END WALL STREETS WARS
* HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 3 MONTH ANNIVERSARY OF OCCUPY!
* 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF TUNISIAN FRUIT VENDOR MOHAMED BOUAZIZI SET HIMSELF ON FIRE IN A PUBLIC SQUARE, SPARKING ARAB SPRING, SPARKING THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT
* NATIONAL RE-OCCUPATION DAY
MARCH & RALLY
SAT DEC 17, 3PM
BRADLEY MANNING (JUSTIN HERMAN) PLAZA
Market and Steuart. Foot of Market St, near Embarcadero BART, SF”
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you know, it’s kind of ironic, because I remember the huge white tents in the same park in 2010, almost covered the whole park. All I remember was people told me it was a circus
Turns out you were there
http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2010/05/10/peter-pan-is-fantastic-a-must-see-show-inside-the-big-white-tent-near-the-ferry-building/
Notice the comment on that, about taking over a public space, which is the same thing with Occupy. I guess it it all depends on who approves