Nine arrested at Israeli Consulate protest in S.F.

[Joanne98]

Source: SFC


SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco police arrested nine protesters this morning who had chained themselves together to block the main entrance to the Israeli Consulate on Montgomery Street.

Several dozen demonstrators protesting Israel's military actions in Gaza arrived at the consulate about 8:30 a.m. in an action that had been organized on activist Web sites.

One group of six protesters went inside the building housing the consulate and blocked the doorway, while several other people chained themselves together outside the doorway.

When police arrived they ordered those inside the building to disperse and arrested four who refused, police Lt. Lynette Hogue said.

At about 10 a.m., police ordered the protesters blocking the outside of the entrance to leave, and brought in equipment to cut through the ties binding the protesters together. The remaining chained protesters were arrested at about 10:30 a.m., and police used saws to cut locks off the building's doors.



Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/15/MNFJ15B2SN.DTL

[tekisui]

1. knr!

[High Plains]

2. Cool. I want to attend the next one. Where are these activist web sites?

[EFerrari]

3. You might check the UFPJ or ANSWER website.

Iirc, one or both of them allows people to organize and promote events by zip code.

[High Plains]

4. Thank you. I just relocated to Sebastopol, about an hour from SF.

[EFerrari]

5. Cool/ Very pretty place! If I get anything, I'll pass it on to you. n/t

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