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quakerboy

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4. its also quite counterproductive in reducing crime

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Sun Aug 17, 2025, 09:59 PM

Aug 17

When your bed and tent get swept.. you still have to sleep the next day. And you need bedding and shelter.

The people amongst the community who are willing to give you a tent or a few bucks for a sleeping bag.. are often those with ulterior motives.

So now you lost your stuff, such as it was. And you owe some favors to someone.

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Swept Away: What cities really take when the sweep homeless encampments. [View all] sheshe2 Aug 17 OP

K&R Solly Mack Aug 17 #1

gee if every bible thumper would adopt a homeless person the problem would vanish nt msongs Aug 17 #2

It's a shame we don't have FEMA trailers anymore. Emile Aug 17 #3

The last ones they bought in mass popsdenver Aug 17 #11

its also quite counterproductive in reducing crime quakerboy Aug 17 #4

Not counterproductive at all to DC... TnDem Aug 17 #5

Mahalo for giving this Attention, she. Cha Aug 17 #6

'They are just following orders' *cough*. sheshe2 Aug 17 #10

Traitor Street Killers with Full Imunity. Cha Aug 17 #13

It sure looks like that is the case. sheshe2 Aug 17 #15

my chief complaaint is "when you get rid of the homeless,,,, where do you send them to and who do u shove them on to"? AllaN01Bear Aug 17 #7

K&R GoodRaisin Aug 17 #8

Re-institutionalizing the homeless? not fooled Aug 17 #9

What they used to call simple searches are now Search and Destroy Missions. rickyhall Aug 17 #12

K&R ReRe Aug 17 #14

Hi, ReRe. sheshe2 Aug 17 #16

If I was younger I would do it myself. ReRe Aug 17 #17

.... sheshe2 Aug 17 #18