Since 2018, a federal appeals court has prevented West Coast cities from arresting homeless people for camping on public land in the absence of available shelter beds — ruling that doing so is a violation of the Eighth Amendment’s cruel and unusual punishment clause.
My theory: The “homeless crisis” is a form of blockbusting but done on a city-wide scale, or in Canada’s case on a nation wide scale.
Portlandia …
He then started screaming but after giving him a smoke he calmed down. I asked how often pedestrians walked past him. Hardly ever he said. Considering this is the only way to safely cross the street this is a lawsuit waiting to happen if a pedestrian instead pic.twitter.com/2KcBZQkAjl
— Kevin Dahlgren 🥾 🥾 (@kevinvdahlgren) April 17, 2024
