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The insurrection in Greece has entered its second week. There was a solidarity march and general assembly in San Francisco on Saturday, December 20th. Protesters marched to New College, the Mission Police station and then up Market to Powell Street. The protest ended in Union Square. There were 5 arrests as police in riot gear moved in after protesters entered the Westfield Shopping Center.
Breaking News From 12/20:
4:15pm: About 200 people marched down Mission Street from 24th Street. Chants included "Repression? No thanks! We'll burn your fucking banks!".
4:35pm: Crowd moves up 22nd to Valencia and stops at New College where two banners are dropped reading "Burn the Banks Smash The State" and "Solidarity With Greek Uprising"
5:00pm: The crowd stopped outside of the police station on Mission at 17th Street for speeches about the situation in Greece and about police brutality.
6:29pm: The march moved quickly down Market Street to the Powell St. area. Some of the protesters appear to have gone into the Westfield Shopping Center. At least one person was arrested. Crowd outside of mall mostly surrounded by police, but there are also hundreds of shoppers outside the mall while the protesters are holding banners and playing music on a sound system. After arrest crowd pounded on police van chanting "
let them go."
6:56pm: About 25 protesters ran past 3rd Street and turned onto Geary St., while hundreds of cops in riot gear marched and drove behind them. The cops blocked Geary at Grant and arrested at least one person. Protesters then went up Grant to Post and into Union Square.
7:11pm The protest officially ended at the Christmas tree next to the ice rink with an announcement that 5 people had been arrested. Riot police continued to line up in front of Macys screening all of those going in even after the protest had dispersed
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