] It was a long day for protesters and police alike.
] Officers in riot gear hustled to keep up with roving
] bands of demonstrators. Roughly 1,500 of the Police
] Department's 2,300 officers were on street duty,
] officials said, costing the city $500,000 in police
] overtime.
]
] The worst came during the evening commute.
]
] Hundreds of demonstrators repeatedly tried to storm the
] Bay Bridge, paralyzing traffic for blocks around. A
] phalanx of California Highway Patrol officers and city
] police turned them back after shutting down two
] approaches to the span and unleashing pepper spray to
] disperse a crowd near Fremont and Harrison streets.
]
] The protests started at dawn and kicked into high gear
] around 7 a.m. as demonstrators fanned out en masse to
] locations chosen in recent weeks in a well-planned
] campaign to shut down the city. Demonstrators promised to
] continue their protests for several more days.

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