Scott Beale is live-tweeting the torch run in San Francisco

Here are some of his recent tweets:

man yelling "China!" in my ear 4 minutes ago from txt

one Olympics athlete walked by earlier, maybe it was the hand off guy 11 minutes ago from txt

sorry, when I said 4th street before, I meant to say 3rd 16 minutes ago from txt
having a friendly chat with the cop next to me, they are in standard uniforms, not riot gear 19 minutes ago from txt

hundreds of cops now being deployed on 4th 25 minutes ago from txt

pro China are trying to cover up Tibet sign with Chinese flash 39 minutes ago from txt

ground zero, cops lined up on both sides of 4th @ ATT Park 43 minutes ago from txt

@maubrowncow yeah the chants would go pro-Tibet people yelling "Free Tibet!", followed by pro-China people yelling "Liar!" about 1 hour ago from web in reply to maubrowncow

@davewiner I'm shooting both photos and video, first round was with my Ricoh, but I'm bringing the better equipment with me for round 2 about 1 hour ago from web in reply to davewiner

the worst confrontation I saw so far was with the Darfur/China protesters and the China supporters, I'll be posting that video later about 1 hour ago from web

@tea yes, all of the video I'm shooting is short clips, so the Flickr Video launch couldn't have come at a better time about 1 hour ago from web in reply to tea

ok have the 5D and Flip Video now, gearing up to go back out into the fray, the start time is 1pm and I only live a block away about 1 hour ago from web

@FyodorFish the pro-Chinese are the more aggressive of the two parties about 1 hour ago from web in reply to FyodorFish

@davewiner things were getting really ugly, bullhorns in people's faces, name calling, etc., torch is scheduled to come through at 12pm about 1 hour ago from web in reply to davewiner

relocated to the oasis that is Philz, then off to upload media, things are downright ugly out there about 1 hour ago from txt

cops are being good, they are letting both sides express their emotions about 2 hours ago from txt

"Long live the Dali Lama" vs. "Liers!" about 2 hours ago from txt

I'm shooting photos & video, will post later about 2 hours ago from txt

holy shit its getting ugly, Chinese are shouting "Lier" at Tibet crowd about 2 hours ago from txt

super emotional battle of bullhorns going down about 2 hours ago from txt

Go to Scott's Twitter page or FriendFeed page for updates.

[mrontemp business] | [mrontemp politics] | [mrontemp technology] | [mrontemp del.icio.us tags]

Sphere: Related Content