San Francisco dog owners plan to ‘leave a gift’ for right-wing protesters: PoopBy Samantha Schmidt August 25 at 4:39 AM
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/08/25/san-francisco-dog-owners-plan-to-leave-a-gift-for-right-wing-protesters-poopIt all started as a joke, a borderline “absurd” idea from a San Francisco artist who goes by the name Tuffy Tuffington. Yes, really.
As he was walking his dogs in Golden Gate Park last week, he stewed over white nationalist movements and the recent violence in Charlottesville. As he did, a right-wing group was in the midst of planning an upcoming “free speech” rally in San Francisco, and Tuffington wanted to find a way to peacefully push back.
“My dogs were doing their business,” Tuffington, 45, said, “and I was struck with the image of a bunch of alt-right folks stomping around in a field of poop.”
So he decided to make a Facebook event with a group of about 15 friends, encouraging them to “leave a gift for our Alt-Right friends” in Crissy Field, a public park near the Golden Gate Bridge where the rally is planned for Saturday.
“Take your dog to Crissy Field and let them do their business and be sure not to clean it up!” he wrote in the event description. It encourages dog owners to stop by the park Friday night or Saturday morning before the rally, which is planned by the group Patriot Prayer. By Saturday night or Sunday morning, organizers plan to return to the park to clean up the poop.
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