Now this message from your sidewalk

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Many women in Minneapolis have little chance of having the luxury of walking down the street without being accosted in some fashion by a man.
So "Lindsey," who started Cards Against Harassment," expanded the campaign by drawing messages on Hennepin Avenue on Wednesday night. The message to men wasn't complicated: don't do that; respect women.
A series of chalk messages carried theme of a nationwide campaign to end street harassment.
By midday, workers were scrubbing the sidewalks of the message.
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