The demonstrators were in the middle of the street, on the esplanade, and I was off on the sidewalk, observing. I made it quite plain to the officer involved that I didn't think that tweeting on a BlackBerry represented any kind of danger or difficulty for the officers in doing their job. He wasn't nasty about it, I have to clarify. He wasn't angry at me. He wasn't menacing or anything, but he did say, “I'm under orders to clear this place, and that means you too.” So--
On December 6th, 2010. See this statement in context.