San Francisco police are preparing for a pro-Trump protest at Twitter headquarters, a building that has been virtually abandoned since the beginning of the pandemic, with most Twitter employees working remotely.
The possible protest is coming a few days after the Twitter ban to President Trump to use his service. President Trump has millions of followers on his Twitter account, and the company said his continued incitement to violence violates the terms of the platform.
“The San Francisco Police Department is aware of the possibility of a demonstration in the 1300 block of Market Street (Twitter) tomorrow, Monday, January 11, 2021. SFPD contacted Mspersonof Twitter. We will have sufficient forces to respond to any protests, as well as calls for service throughout the city," a spokesperson for the police service wrote in an email.
The San Francisco Chronicle, which mentioned for the first time the preparations by SF police, noted that discussions of Trump supporters from tWitter moved to Reddit, from which they called on the president's followers to protest Twitter's ban outside the company's headquarters on Monday.
Twitter is one of the technology companies that isolate the president and many of his supporters, after the riots in the Capitol on Wednesday.
