SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- The hundreds of gay marriage supporters who marched through the streets of San Francisco Tuesday night were flanked by a thin blue line that included many gay men and lesbians in its ranks.
The presence of 200 openly gay and lesbian officers on the San Francisco police force highlights how much has changed since the late Supervisor Harvey Milk turned the city into the epicenter of the LGBT civil rights movement.
“It’s so different from Harvey’s time,” said Supervisor Bevan Dufty. “If you saw the Milk film, you saw the roll of the police was just so confrontational and negative.”
The tone between protesters and police was rarely confrontational as the march made its from City Hall to Yerba Buena Gardens and then back down Market Street to the Castro.
At one point, two juvenile protesters determined to be jailed for their principles were arrested by police officers who called their parents first to make sure that was OK.
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Even the arrests earlier in the day were remarkably tame.
Immediately after the court’s decision was read, another group of protesters occupied an intersection near city Hall to register their outrage. Police ultimately arrested some 175 same-sex marriage backers for failure to obey a police officer and jaywalking.
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