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Occupy Protesters Face Off With Police In San Francisco's Union Square

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Police officers in riot gear faced off with Occupy SF protesters who have been demonstrating in San Francisco's Union Square area.

Some protesters sat down in the middle of local streets, backing up traffic and causing traffic jams in the area.

Though protests continued into the evening service on the Powell Street cable cars and on the F-line light rail resumed after being disrupted by the protests earlier in the day.

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