Protest against efforts to oust homeless people from ‘Super Bowl City’ highlights tensions days before city hosts one of the largest sporting events in the worldHundreds of protesters were gathered on the sidewalk across from San Francisco’s temporary Super Bowl City around 4.30pm on Wednesday,when a few organizers began assembling tents. Decorated with slogans such as “We enjoy a moral to rest and “Tackle homelessness,” the tents were supposed to establish a “Homeless Super Bowl City” in protest at the “fan village” that has transformed several downtown plazas, and parks and city streets into a gated exhibition for NFL sponsors. Within minutes,hundreds of police officers in riot gear surrounded the crowd and ordered them to take down the tents or risk having them confiscated. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com