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The first time I heard of this was Atlanta dealing with its homeless population before the 1996 Olympics and I'm sure that wasn't the first time. It's been goin
by js2 4y ago
The first time I heard of this was Atlanta dealing with its homeless population before the 1996 Olympics and I'm sure that wasn't the first time. It's been going on a long time:
https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19960322&slug=2320280 https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19960322&slug...
Atlanta also dealt with homelessness by criminalizing it and putting folks in jail:
https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/01/us/as-olympics-approach-homeless-are-not-feeling-at-home-in-atlanta.html https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/01/us/as-olympics-approach-h...