Homeless woman found dead in Chevy Chase Circle

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Very possibly corona virus. Very sad.

+1. When they back-trace her, I’ll bet she had contact with someone in the whitehouse

Yeah, there were tons of homeless people at that event subsequently dying in the streets

Do you know what tracing means? Do you know what secondary transmission means? Do you know how many low level employees there are at the WH and other sites where people infected at the WH gathering work -- and yes, there are already some low level WH workers who have tested positive -- not to mention all the people NOT in the WH but in the wider world wh othese selfish idiots came into contact every day while infected but before testing positive?

Honestly, use your damn brain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So sad.
Let’s give them each a hotel room until there is a vaccine available.

They had hotel rooms for more than 4 months at the start of the city shutdown. It cost the city millions when tax revenues have dropped over 90%.

Its for financing projects like this that Nancy Pelosi was fighting for the HEROES Act. You can't shelter someone with NO MONEY.

By the way Las Vegas had its homeless sleeping in outlined boxes on the tarmac surrounded by 40-story hotels so at least D.C. did something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Food isn't always what is needed. They are probably killed and no one cares. Single adult homeless shelters are horrible. There is little quality mental health treatment.

Yeah. These aren’t starvation deaths.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: It looks like there was a car accident with an SUV headed into the middle of the circle are you sure it’s a homeless person who died and not someone from a car accident ?

Yes. I saw the body on the neck. Draped with a white sheet.

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On the bench is what I meant to type. Not neck.

I drove by an hour later and the area was draped while the police were taking photos.

[Anonymous]

She had a shopping cart next to her by the bench. My first thought was homeless.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The pandemic situation has caused a major problem for a lot of shelters. There are less people out and about to panhandle from. Restaurants that may have allowed homeless to have free meals are shut down or not able to provide them. There is a lot more stress surrounding the pandemic.

These were things all told to me by various homeless people I interact with for my job. They have def. had an uptick in homeless dying not just from the virus itself but from the side effects of it as well.

This I don’t buy. DC is overflowing with resources for the homeless. World Central Kitchen (founded by a DC resident and Michelin-starred chef) alone has given out 900,000 meals.

They’ve done the same in multiple cities - Newark got 600,000 meals. And DC has dozens upon dozens of similar non-profits giving out food.

You “don’t buy” the possibility that there are actually some homeless people that might have difficulty learning about and accessing resources?

Take two days. Leave your wallet and your phone at home. No cash, no fare card. Where will you spend your time? What will you eat? How will you clean yourself? What happens when you need a toilet? Where can you sleep safely? What happens if you have a medical issue? Even as a thought experiment I bet you’d have difficulties. The reality of even a weekend might be instructive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She had a shopping cart next to her by the bench. My first thought was homeless.

Me too. There is also a homeless woman sleeping on a bench in Bethesda off Wisconsin near the Harris Teeter for the past several months. This pandemic is affecting many and if they don't pass more stimulus its going to get worse.

[Anonymous]

If she is a woman with a cart she has been given info on resources. In those who work with the homeless circles (both paid and unpaid volunteers) women, and women with children, are priortized to get housing.

Even cops, yup cops, give out info with resources to the unhomed.

Understand that many are unhomed by choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The pandemic situation has caused a major problem for a lot of shelters. There are less people out and about to panhandle from. Restaurants that may have allowed homeless to have free meals are shut down or not able to provide them. There is a lot more stress surrounding the pandemic.

These were things all told to me by various homeless people I interact with for my job. They have def. had an uptick in homeless dying not just from the virus itself but from the side effects of it as well.

This I don’t buy. DC is overflowing with resources for the homeless. World Central Kitchen (founded by a DC resident and Michelin-starred chef) alone has given out 900,000 meals.

They’ve done the same in multiple cities - Newark got 600,000 meals. And DC has dozens upon dozens of similar non-profits giving out food.

You “don’t buy” the possibility that there are actually some homeless people that might have difficulty learning about and accessing resources?

Take two days. Leave your wallet and your phone at home. No cash, no fare card. Where will you spend your time? What will you eat? How will you clean yourself? What happens when you need a toilet? Where can you sleep safely? What happens if you have a medical issue? Even as a thought experiment I bet you’d have difficulties. The reality of even a weekend might be instructive.

Do you even live here?

DC has the best public transportation network I’ve ever seen with a free shuttle bus service for the homeless plus the line that goes direct to Nationals was free the whole pandemic
Free showers at multiple citywide locations (8 within 0.25 miles of the White House)
I’d also go to the public library and type ‘homeless resource center’ and surprise find more than a dozen shelters in walking distance https://www.homelessshelterdirectory.org/cgi-bin/id/city.cgi?city=Washington&state=DC
As for medical needs don’t make me laugh, so many free clinics but as an example DC has one of the country’s largest medical outposts dedicated to solely giving free check-ups and resources to only the LGBTQ & HIV+ homeless outside of San Francisco


All of these resources are right in downtown. So don’t tell me there are no resources - DC has the best resources that are the least crowded for someone seeking aid I’ve ever seen.

[Anonymous]

Homeless people aren’t helpless and stupid. They are exceedingly good at finding resources when they need them. The question is do they want them? They do not simply sit and starve to death. Don’t be so patronizing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If she is a woman with a cart she has been given info on resources. In those who work with the homeless circles (both paid and unpaid volunteers) women, and women with children, are priortized to get housing.

Even cops, yup cops, give out info with resources to the unhomed.

Understand that many are unhomed by choice.

Many have addiction or mental illness issues. They don't want help even though the resources in DC are vast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If she is a woman with a cart she has been given info on resources. In those who work with the homeless circles (both paid and unpaid volunteers) women, and women with children, are priortized to get housing.

Even cops, yup cops, give out info with resources to the unhomed.

Understand that many are unhomed by choice.

Many have addiction or mental illness issues. They don't want help even though the resources in DC are vast.

This. There’s also people who have been assaulted, raped and attacked at shelters so they would rather be on the streets than in a shelter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So sad.
Let’s give them each a hotel room until there is a vaccine available.

They had hotel rooms for more than 4 months at the start of the city shutdown. It cost the city millions when tax revenues have dropped over 90%.

Its for financing projects like this that Nancy Pelosi was fighting for the HEROES Act. You can't shelter someone with NO MONEY.

By the way Las Vegas had its homeless sleeping in outlined boxes on the tarmac surrounded by 40-story hotels so at least D.C. did something.

Good for Las Vegas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If she is a woman with a cart she has been given info on resources. In those who work with the homeless circles (both paid and unpaid volunteers) women, and women with children, are priortized to get housing.

Even cops, yup cops, give out info with resources to the unhomed.

Understand that many are unhomed by choice.

Wait- please unpack this for me. You are saying that when a homeless person gets a shopping cart it = knowledge of available resources? I’m confused.
Is there a test you need to take to get a shopping cart? Or are you saying that if you are savvy enough to get a cart that you are savvy enough to located good banks & rape free shelters.