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Google Lawyer Runs From a Protest
http://missionlocal.org/2014/12/google-lawyer-runs-from-the-protest/As tenants of 812 Guerrero halted a Google bus at 6:30 a.m. today at 18th and Dolores to protest their eviction by Google lawyer Jack Halprin, the target of their protests, a man who has evaded press questioning and public appearances, walked toward it.
He could hear the protesters as he neared the corner of 18th and Dolores, but instead of turning around, he continued toward them. A reporter walked beside him. Are you Jack Halprin? He either smirked or grimaced, but kept walking, pulling something from his briefcase. It is unclear if he ever intended to board the bus and catch his ride to Mountain View – coming when he did, he would have missed the 6:30 a.m. bus – but instead of stopping or trying to get on the bus, he walked briskly by his tenants blockading it and headed toward Dolores Street.
The Google lawyer and landlord, close to six feet tall and solidly built, stopped there for a few seconds and then turned to head south on Dolores. Did he want to talk? He never looked toward the reporter, but kept walking. When protesters and others in the media came up from behind and started to shout, Jack Halprin ran most of the five blocks to the multi-unit building where he is evicting tenants from four units.
The group of about 20 protesters followed in a halting chase, megaphones in hand, prompting more than one sleepy neighbor to poke their head out of the window, some shouting back in audible irritation. The protesters who followed him taunted Halprin with shouts to make Christmas better for the children living in the units, to stop the evictions, to be decent. Why he ever appeared at a demonstration he clearly could have avoided is unknown. There was a sense of defiance in willfully walking into a protest he could hear a block away, but perhaps he just wanted to get to work.
He could hear the protesters as he neared the corner of 18th and Dolores, but instead of turning around, he continued toward them. A reporter walked beside him. Are you Jack Halprin? He either smirked or grimaced, but kept walking, pulling something from his briefcase. It is unclear if he ever intended to board the bus and catch his ride to Mountain View – coming when he did, he would have missed the 6:30 a.m. bus – but instead of stopping or trying to get on the bus, he walked briskly by his tenants blockading it and headed toward Dolores Street.
The Google lawyer and landlord, close to six feet tall and solidly built, stopped there for a few seconds and then turned to head south on Dolores. Did he want to talk? He never looked toward the reporter, but kept walking. When protesters and others in the media came up from behind and started to shout, Jack Halprin ran most of the five blocks to the multi-unit building where he is evicting tenants from four units.
The group of about 20 protesters followed in a halting chase, megaphones in hand, prompting more than one sleepy neighbor to poke their head out of the window, some shouting back in audible irritation. The protesters who followed him taunted Halprin with shouts to make Christmas better for the children living in the units, to stop the evictions, to be decent. Why he ever appeared at a demonstration he clearly could have avoided is unknown. There was a sense of defiance in willfully walking into a protest he could hear a block away, but perhaps he just wanted to get to work.
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