The one thing I will say here, in response to your last paragraph, is that I have never heard anyone call for help, in The Mission, unless it was a call for help in regard to someone’s drug stash. That’s what I get at night. Seriously.

No one is expected to skip work in order to support a cause; the point, as said, is to create solidarity. Creating division is the seed of hatred which turns into violence. Not everyone works the typical day shift either. Plenty of folks were able to go who walk the streets after dark, including those people who typically work night shifts and are “endangered by predators in the Mission”.

The people in the professions mentioned cannot necessarily afford cars, they were mentioned because the first comments assumed they must be unemployed people. Your comment now assumes they must be elite class. The people involved in this rally and its supporters are people that walk the streets at night, that come from many different situations and classes; they are people that made the time in between their work schedules and family life to do something rather than just complain or live in fear.

The real question @Bob is will you help those who are endanger? A woman screaming for help in the street or a teenage boy who is shot and bleeding on the corner? People who are harassed on the street everyday because of their position, migrant status, color, gender, orientation, etc. In the very least, will you look out for your next door neighbors? The issue is bigger than who can attend a rally. It’s about the community, one person at a time.

The point of this rally was to create community solidarity and awareness. Employed, unemployed, homeless, rich, poor, hipster, native, undocumented, hippie, yuppie, brown, black, white, young, old, any walk of life – we are all neighbors and all form one community. We may not understand fully one another’s struggles or positions or viewpoints but we all want the same things: safety, accountability, an end to violence, and the right to walk on our streets any time of day or night without harassment or assault. (@duh even at 2:30am) This is San Francisco, the city of acceptance and innovation; if it can be done anywhere, it can be done here.

The rally was good to bring attention to this cause even though not everyone could attend. The important thing is that you support the community since it’s the continued vigilance and actions of our neighbors that will create change.

People work and 4pm is absurd……

But the way it reads, only the crimes that involved white women seem to matter.