Many SF Protesters are out-of-towners

[Mark Holtz]

From SF Gate (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/03/25/MN33530.DTL):

WAR ON IRAQ: The Home Front
Majority arrested don't live in S.F

The anti-war demonstrations in San Francisco have proved to be a powerful magnet, drawing law-breaking protesters from as far south as Mexico, as far north as Washington state and as far east as Connecticut -- but only a minority from the city itself, arrest records show.

"Call them tourists with a cause," said Dewayne Tulley, a spokesman for the Police Department.

Of the 646 processed by the Sheriff's Department Thursday and Friday, 239, or 37 percent, gave San Francisco addresses. The rest, almost two-thirds, came from out of town.

Full article (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/03/25/MN33530.DTL)

[Danny R]

Nothing new here, just good common sense. You don't sell your product by advertising where nobody is watching. Combine your forces and you attract attention. This is why folks always do the "March on Washington" scene. Its what attracts attention.

And its not just "liberals" who know this. Most of those folks seen in the 2000 election outside the Florida Election offices weren't exactly local either.