San Francisco Immigration Rally March ends at the Civic Center across from Teabaggers - story & pics

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Pete Turner tries to stop protesters from crossing the street where a group of Tea Party demonstrators gathered at Civic Center on Saturday in San Francisco.

Photo: Lacy Atkins / The Chronicle



Police patrol Polk Street to prevent people who marched to Civic Center from crossing the street where Tea Party protesters were Saturday in San Francisco.

Photo: Lacy Atkins / The Chronicle



Big S.F. protest of Arizona immigration law
Justin Berton, Chronicle Staff Writer

Saturday, May 1, 2010

(05-01) 16:05 PDT -- Thousands marched through San Francisco's Mission District Saturday to denounce a new Arizona state law as racist and to call for immigration reform.

The march, part of the annual worldwide May Day workers' rights demonstrations, stretched four to five blocks and ended at City Hall, where members of the conservative Tea Party and local Golden Gate Minutemen held a counter-protest.


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/05/01/BAHD1D86I4.DTL#ixzz0mjUFpWub



Ana V. Gutierrez carries a sign as she marches through the Mission District to Civic Center with thousands of protesters Saturday in San Francisco.

Photo: Lacy Atkins / The Chronicle