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Torch leaves San Francisco after surprise route designed to thwart protesters - SFGate
California Highway Patrol officers stop thousands of protesters from going any futher down the Embarcadero at Folsom Street before the Beijing Olympic torch was to be carried along the waterfront.

When you have to have a “surprise route” for an event that is supposed to be surrounded with happy cheering people something is horribly wrong. The Olympics are for the disaffected wealthy watching it from the comfort of their air-conditioned home.