Rattle wrote:
] ] Mayor Willie Brown said in no uncertain terms that,
] ] although he opposes the war, he had no patience for
] ] the demonstrators and he lamented the tremendous
] ] cost the demonstrators had inflicted on the city.
] ]
] ] "I must express my frustration at the tactics of
] ] some protesters, who have chosen to specifically try
] ] to disrupt this city, rather than gather peacefully
] ] to voice their desire for peace, at the expense of the
] ] day-to-day lives of ordinary San Franciscans -- and at
] ] great cost to the city," he said in a statement
] ] Thursday afternoon.
]
] I can understand how he feels.

The main problem I've noticed is the groups that are driving these protests. From what I've read, most are pretty extremist which tends to draw the wackos.

RE: 1,400 arrests in war protest in S.F. - Police OverTime $500,000