Photos: Parties, pyrotechnics, and police took over the Mission District on July 4

Throngs of revelers drinking Modelos and filming street fireworks dominated select corners of the Mission District on Saturday night for what has long been a July 4 tradition.

And like clockwork, heavily-clad police officers with riot gear and batons moved in to stop the shows — fireworks are illegal in San Francisco…

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