The Olympic Torch route through San Francisco was orginally secheduled to start one block from where I live, so I went out and shot some photos and video. Emotions ran high as Pro-China supporters clashed with Pro-Tibet supporters throughout the afternoon. The Olympic Torch never showed up at our location, since the route was altered at the last minute. I was live Twittering updates from the scene along with several other people.
Here are all of my photos and videos.
More coverage:
- San Francisco Chronicle
- Olympic Torch SF
- Venuture Beat
- SFist (Twitter round-up)
- San Francisco Metblogs
- Thomas Hawk
- Steve Rhodes
- Jason DeFillippo
- Chris Heuer
- Schlomo Rabinowitz
- Dave Schumaker
- Terry Chay
- Andrew Mager
- Telstar Logistics
- WHAT IM SEEING
- Rubin Starset
- Ryan
- Mike LaHood
- Cynthia Wood
photos & video by Scott Beale
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They made a game out of getting the Olympic Torch passed the protesters
http://www.fyrebug.com/?p=5186 — I don’t know if it’s funny or sad.
Cousin Bruce is on the Golden Gate Bridge right now, after police lied to would-be protesters, saying the flame was not going to pass there after all, and then raising a barrier to the bridge.
Where can I find video of the bridge?
Set from the corner of 3rd and King.
http://flickr.com/photos/rubin110/sets/72157604461232206/
Great coverage, Scott. This is very newsworthy. I hope the local stations do the story justice. I’m curious how many pro-Chinese were arrested?
I am all for the right to protest peacefully… key word being peacefully. Some of these protestors should consider checking out a site that they can get their message across online… like iProtest maybe.
iProtest
My photo set is here.
John Hell – Most news agencies seem to be reporting no arrests were made. However, I myself saw two pro-Tibetan supporters cuffed and taken away by the ballpark (picture of one here). I didn’t see any pro-Chinese supporters arrested. Not sure why. They were both doing the exact same things.
http://www.viddyou.com/viddstream?videoid=29025
3m44s of HD footage from that awful failed mess of a torch relay today…
What a day chasing an elusive goal…getting to see (and take a picture of) the Olympic flame. I documented my experience and shared some photos from the day, should have paid better attention to the clues…
again, Mr. Beale…we fail to cross paths.
anywhichway…heres my contribution: http://whatimseeing.com/2008/04/bait-n-switch-of-olympic-torch.html
Thanks for the great pics of the relay yesterday. I was watching the relay on CNN and have to say it was one of the most bizarre things I have seen in a long time. Not sure why they didnt just cancel the whole thing. The way they pulled it off basically defeated the whole concept of the relay in my opinion.
Is nice to see some great coverage of the event from ground level.
thank you,
michael
Photos from in front of the Ferry Building, taken this afternoon.
Here are mine
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thisruinedpuzzle/sets/72157604468021921/
I waited at Mccovey Cove for 45mins like an idiot until I got a call informing me that the torch was already at Van Ness. I had been looking forward to seeing the torch all week :|
More photos here: http://flickr.com/photos/rgraves/tags/olympic/
What a shame, A guy bully a wheel chair girl.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25510761@N02/2403076196/
http://www.cctv.com/english/20080410/104102.shtml
I saw Where’s Waldo in your photos several times. Where was the torch?
Here’s my video hat thrown in the ring:
http://schlomolog.blogspot.com/2008/04/san-francisco-olympic-torch-running.html
Great coverage, Scott (video and twitter was a great addition). Thanks for the link to the photoset.
i ended up standing in the wrong place and never saw the torch. i’ve posted a few of the Ferry Building protests though:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/petebeck/
thanks for the outstanding Twitter coverage Scott! my coworkers and i followed your every step. :)
i know it’s kind of late, but i posted a couple pictures here: http://somegirlwitha.com/2008/04/09/the-olympic-spirit-in-sf/
they’re certainly not as good as yours or a lot of others. anyhoo, although i was not one of the lucky ones who actually saw the torch, it was an exciting event, especially with your play by play tweets.
thanks!