公務員8月2日晚於遮打花園發起「公僕仝人 與民同行」集會，人潮漫延至終審法院外、皇后廣場、德輔道中及遮打道一帶至太子大厦，迫爆中環。主辦者指有4萬人出席。
集會發起人之一、運輸事務主任張家寶讀出宣言，表示公務員作為體制一員，於大是大非之際要「是其是、非其非」；若䄂手旁觀，有負市民所託、有負公僕之責。宣言亦請特首及有關官員積極回應撤回修訂《逃犯條例》，以及成立獨立調查委員會。
前政務司長陳方安生受邀發言，指出公務員事務局8月1日發出「嚴正聲明」會嚴肅跟進違規情况，帶恐嚇成分，她感激公務員有良知及道德勇氣，站出來回應市民訴求。陳方安生並要求成立獨立調查委員會，指出無真相就不能彌補社會撕裂。
參加集會公務員，來自52個部門，包括律政司、民政事務局、食物及衞生局、環境局、司法機構、警務處、消防處、海關、入境事務處、勞工處、政府新聞處、香港電台及社會福利署等。
Tens of thousands attended a rally organised by civil servants on Friday at Chater Garden urging the government to listen to public demands.
The crowd spread to the court outside the Court of Final Appeal, Statue Square, Des Voeux Road Central and Chater Road to Prince’s Building. The organisers said 40,000 were in attendance.
Cheung Ka-po, an officer at the Transport Department who applied for the rally, said civil servants will continue to work with Hong Kong people. “When we take off our badges, our uniforms, we are all Hongkongers,” he said. Cheung demanded the withdrawal of the amendments to the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance and the establishment of a commission of independent inquiry.
Former chief secretary Anson Chan spoke at the rally. She said attendees were brave to come out in defiance of government warnings. Civil servants, who are meant to be politically neutral, were warned that they face punishment for disloyalty.
Participation in the rally, comprising 52 departments, including the Department of Justice, the Home Affairs Bureau, the Food and Health Bureau, the Environment, the Judiciary, the Police, the Fire Services Department, the Customs and Excise Department, the Labour Department, the Information Services Department, the Radio Television Hong Kong and Social Welfare Department, etc.
