The one immediate drawback to clearing out the Occupy SF camp was that it didn't do much to deter protesters; in fact the group only grew louder and more visible. In other words, they might have packed up, but they didn't go home. Rather, they crowded the streets, blocked Muni, and made noise outside downtown office buildings.
We went down to this scene earlier to get a sense of whether Occupy SF would actually "reoccupy" its former camp site just as protesters did after being booted out of Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland. But let's face it, San Francisco's hullaballoo will always pale in comparison to Oakland.
Anyway, here's a snapshot of what we saw downtown today, post police raid:
