....A handful of counter-demonstrators carrying Israeli flags confronted the first arrivals at Civic Center Plaza. Marchers nearly surrounded the group until police intervened and took the pro-Israel group inside City Hall before dispersing them.
"It was for their own safety," police Capt. Alex Fagan said. "There are thousands of people here on the other side, and I couldn't guarantee their safety. So they made their point and then I asked them to leave.".....
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Guess the reporter missed the huge American flags we carried....but sure saw the two tiny Israel flags we also had! And, I guess the reporter didn't want to profile us as Americans (even though some of our FRiends were decked out in red, white and blue)!!