Just chiming back in here to say I've run into a handful of security guards in downtown SF who have threatened me and my friends with physical violence if we didn't leave immediately. There was no calm approach to us, it was pretty much straight out the gates they were ready to tackle us, punch us, taze us, or do whatever else was possible to physically stop us from rolling around.
I've had guards come at me and get up in my face literally spitting saying anything they could to provoke me in hopes I reacted violently so they could flex.
I'm guessing no one else remembers the time the security guard in Portland hit a skater in the head with a skateboard? What would you do if that was your friend getting hit or assaulted?
Do you all really think a guy who has been dealing with skateboarders at a spot for 10 years would approach them in a cool and calm manner? I feel like at that point security would resort to more and more extreme measures.
I also need to point out at The Dolores Hill Bomb 2 years ago, a cop nearly killed a kid and he didn't go over to the kid to see if he was all right. He just walked the fuck away.