Protesters took over the empty building down the street from me again
and this time the police have barricaded the entire block, and there are quite a few of them in riot gear. There's also a satellite news van there. I just got home from work and stepped out on the balcony and there they were. I see around 12 of the police from my vantage point, but I can't see the whole block.
This happened a few weeks ago and went fairly smooth. No helmeted police, and the whole thing just disbanded without any trouble that I'm aware of. This time I see nobody on the roof, and mostly spectators on the other side of the cross street. I don't see anything that looks like a protest, I may have missed all of that.
If anything interesting happens, I'll report it! 
Link to my previous post on the topic:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=87806
Link to our local news on today's events:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/01/BA671OBSJ4.DTL&tsp=1
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They're just cheering with the crowd on the street at the moment. The police are still just hanging out. They appear to be mostly setting up a line to prevent anyone from walking down Turk St.
And I just did a bong hit on the balcony in full view of the police
All the cops are leaving
