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It's basically impossible to be homeless and not commit crimes as a matter of course, which is intentional. This will absolutely be used punitively against home
by giraffe_lady 4y ago
It's basically impossible to be homeless and not commit crimes as a matter of course, which is intentional. This will absolutely be used punitively against homeless people.
- HideousKojima 4y agoThe homeless mentally ill though, specifically, are the ones usually committing extra crimes beyond mere vagrancy and squatting. I.e. the ones taking shits on bus seats and getting into drunken fights in public.
- ada1981 4y ago[flagged]
- HideousKojima 4y agoYou're right, we can't make any efforts to make our streets safe and free of crazed, violent hobos until we've gotten rid of all polluters and warmongers first.
- giraffe_lady 4y agoSeeing now how y'all talk about homeless & mentally ill people where you think they can't see you, they are right to hate us.
- HideousKojima 4y agoIf they didn't shit on bus seats I would have no reason to talk about them shitting on bus seats.
- notch898b 4y agoI had a homeless stint. I did day labor for money and parked my tent in places where it was legal for me to stay, or where I hadn't been trespassed and wasn't marked, thus it would not be illegal unless someone asked me to leave and I didn't. In many states camping on property isn't illegal unless you've been trespassed, it is posted, or it is gated off etc. Plenty of homeless people who don't commit crime, you just don't notice them because they aren't bothering anyone.
- giraffe_lady 4y agoI was on and off homeless for over a decade so I have my own experiences and opinions of this.
- micromacrofoot 4y agoThere's also a lot of substance addiction in homelessness, and treatment centers aren't really located in places where it's legal to camp.
- giantg2 4y agoMost treatment addiction treatment centers, especially the more effective ones, are in-patient facilities.
- micromacrofoot 4y agoI was thinking more of outpatient methadone clinics
- throwaway8689 4y agoThanks for mentioning this. There are a lot of people who are homeless solely for economic reasons and are mostly unnoticed.
- kevingadd 4y agoIt's unfortunate that some jurisdictions are doing everything they can to make it illegal to be homeless anywhere, because I agree, lots of homeless people aren't bothering anyone.
- loeg 4y agoI agree with you, except for the "punitively" judgement.