San Francisco police are letting people know today that the downtown area may be subject to congestion and delays -- particularly for drivers -- due to anti-war protests starting Friday morning.
The first planned gathering begins at 7 a.m. at Justin Herman Plaza at the foot of Market Street, according to Officer Maria Oropeza, with likely protest activity spreading out through the Financial District and toward Civic Center as it did last year.
Oropeza said "plenty of officers'' would be out both facilitating the exercise of free speech rights for those objecting to the U.S. military presence in Iraq and keeping the streets safe.
"We are a very patient police department,'' she said, "but when people cross into civil disobedience and the disruption of work we have to afford the general public their right to function, as well.''
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