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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would watch and move their things when they are gone. And call the police/behavior health/shelter emergency line constantly. I’m all for supporting people but not allowing a homeless encampment to be established by my fence. Because it will never go away. They can camp beneath an underpass or on a median - not on a residential corner. [/quote]

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You are not a good person.

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[b]Homelessness is not a crime. [/b]

Plus, it is an example of the vibrancy of city living.[/quote]

In and of itself, no. But camping, loitering, trespassing etc on public property is a crime, and should be enforced as such.[/quote]

Loitering is not a crime in DC, and how can you trespass on public property??  But people who want to sweep away the homeless DO create laws like that to justify jailing or pushing them around.  That's what we mean by "criminalizing homelessness".[/quote]

There’s nothing wrong with a loitering law.  It’s am important tool for maintaining public order,[/quote]

It's an important tool for cracking down on undesirables.  Great way for police get Black people behind bars too.  Just history, right?[/quote]

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Sadly, the DC Jail is filled with men arrested for loitering[/quote]

+1 mil A friend was arrested for loitering while working on his portfolio for a photography class. Another was arrested while waiting for a ride. [/quote]
and I'm Jeff Bezos. Good one.[/quote]
I am sure the PP is not lying, they are also not telling the whole truth either. I am sure they were arrested doing those things, but what the PP does not mention is what else they were also doing at the time.[/quote]

You’ve never had a run-in with a jerky and/or racist cop. For a white guy, what happens is the dumb cop charges out of the gate being all aggressive for no reason, and you respond with natural protest. boom, arrested. For a black guy, amp up the speed and threat 100% and boom arrested, or dead. Cops are masters at escalation. [/quote]

This is such BS. And I've been arrested .[/quote]

Clearly your personal experiences are they only valid ones and there is no possibility of something beyond them.  Great logic, boss.[/quote]

I don't see why someone keeps bringing up arrests. There are a couple of numbers in DC to call to check on the homeless that are not police swinging in with handcuffs. Please don't normalize sleeping on the street. DC should not allow it, and it sounds like people are fed up with the status quo of looking the other way . We need to press our politicians for involuntary commitment. And if a homeless person is newly arrived we should offer them a bus ticket home.[/quote]

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