“A San Francisco man who tried to intervene when his friend was being harassed was stabbed with a kitchen knife Wednesday outside a grocery store in the Mission District.
The victim, age 30, had just exited the store about 4:30 p.m. when he saw an apparently intoxicated man harassing his female friend, a store employee. The suspect, a 57-year-old man also of San Francisco, was being “vulgar and rude,” said Officer Carlos Manfredi, a police spokesman.
The 30-year-old told the man to knock it off, Manfredi said, and the two got into an argument, which soon turned physical.
The suspect pushed the younger man and stabbed him several times in the leg and upper torso, then ran away, police said.
Paramedics arrived at the scene of the stabbing near 14th and Folsom streets and transported the victim to a nearby hospital. His injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.”
I’m grateful he took a stand and I wish him a speedy recovery.
It’s so hard to know what is the “best” way to respond to harassment one experiences or witnesses, we have a split second to decide. You never know when it may escalate.
