Olympic Torch Run Protest in San Francisco

Olympic Torch in San Francisco

Olympic Torch in San Francisco

Olympic Torch in San Francisco

Olympic Torch in San Francisco

Olympic Torch in San Francisco

Olympic Torch Run in San Francisco

Olympic Torch in San Francisco

Olympic Torch Run in San Francisco

Olympic Torch Run in San Francisco

Olympic Torch Run in San Francisco

Olympic Torch in San Francisco

The Olympic Torch route through San Francisco was originally scheduled 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
Rubin Starset
Mike LaHood
Cynthia Wood

photos by Scott Beale

Scott Beale
Scott Beale

Scott Beale founded Laughing Squid in 1995 in San Francisco and is currently based in New York City. When not running the blog, Scott can be found posting on Bluesky and sharing photos on Instagram.