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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There were a bunch of tents and homeless people by Union Station pre-shutdown as well.  It seems to be an ongoing issue.  The only answer I see is more mental health support, affordable housing, and shelters.[/quote]

We need institutions and asylums.  With actual oversight.[/quote]

And we need police enforcing basic decency. No defecation on the sidewalk. No accosting other pedestrians for money to buy booze and drugs.[/quote]

Permanent supportive housing costs less than incarceration for petty infractions, and is much more likely to yield productive citizens.  [/quote]

[b]Nobody said incarcerate them.[/b] But police should call them out when they poop on the sidewalk. Intervene when there is booze and drugs in public. And tell them to move along and not block traffic panhandling in the middle of the street during rush hour. Again, basic stuff. Nobody has the right to trash our public space.[/quote]

What, exactly, do you think police enforcement means?  Police should "call them out" by doing what?[/quote]

I think PP wants the police to make them move. They have to sleep somewhere, the police kicking them out of one location just means they move to another [/quote]

No, it means they can move to shelters that are ready to take them.[/quote]

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