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It turned out that Mr. Szekely, who is an ordained minister and does not drink, do drugs or curse in front of ladies, did indeed have a warrant — for not appear
by shawnee_ 16y ago
It turned out that Mr. Szekely, who is an ordained minister and does not drink, do drugs or curse in front of ladies, did indeed have a warrant — for not appearing in court to face a charge of “criminal trespassing” (for sleeping on a sidewalk in a Washington suburb). So he was dragged out of the shelter and put in jail.
The utter insanity of this is astounding. There are so many actual criminals that law enforcement officials could expend their efforts on, but instead they're raiding homeless shelters in the middle of the night. Why?
Homeless shelters might house blue collar criminals, but in order to alleviate the "cost" of blue collar criminals, the law needs to be more aggressive in finding and stopping the white collar criminals. White collar criminals (Bernie Madoff, the NAR, etc.) are the usually the underlying cause of blue-collar crime. Blue collar crimes tend to be about survival; white collar crimes are about greed.
Disclaimer: I have been in a place where I've seen it up front and know not all homeless people are drunks or derelicts.