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DESCRIPTION:A 'Side Walks are for People' 
 action....\nhttp://sidewalksareforpeople.org/\n\nJoin US PROStitutes 
 Collective, Legal Action for Women and friends for two events on May 
 22:\n\nOn Polk Street and elsewhere, sex workers, many of whom have been 
 driven into sex work by homelessness, poverty and destitution, are being 
 repeatedly ticketed and arrested for loitering/nuisance charges. Sit/Lie 
 tickets start at $50 and can be increased to $500 and jail time. Under 
 existing MPCs (Municipal Police Codes) people are getting 6, 10, 12 
 charges. These are brought together to be prosecuted as a strategy to get 
 guilty convictions from SF juries who have been sympathetic with sex 
 workers.  No evidence is needed, no tapes, no photos, just the word of a 
 cop. \n\nSex workers, the majority of whom are mothers, young and/or 
 transgender/LBGTQ, are being forced out onto the streets by crackdowns 
 against web advertising like Craigslist.  Rape and violence are increasing 
 but who will go to the police to report knowing you risk arrest under these 
 laws. How long before we see more serial murders like those in Long Island 
 and Los Angeles.\n\n11am-1pm Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro at QUEEN’s 
 (Queers for Economic Equality Now) event for Harvey Milk’s birthday\n1pm 
 march to Harvey’s old camera store. US PROS will be there at noon.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/05/16/18679850.php
SUMMARY:Sex Workers Agree Sidewalks are for People NO to Sit/Lie law
LOCATION:Corner of Polk and Sutter Streets– bring your signs, a chair and sit/lie 
 with us on the sidewalk to protest this law and increased criminalization. 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/05/16/18679850.php
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