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Closing time....you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here.
And, since it's a crime, maybe they can be arrested and housed in prison. If they're nuts or addicts, maybe they can get treatment. Not a great option, but is overlooking them baking on the sidewalk really a better one? It may mean we have to start rehabilitating people though instead of punishing them.
Wtf. Isn’t Vegas surrounded by a f’ing desert.
Kinda. Well, it used to be. The homeless are camping out near the old 'downtown' , I would imagine (been a while since I've live there), and now that is 15-20 miles from the 'desert'.
I visited that hell-hole a few years ago, and there were tract homes and strip-malls in what was considered 'out in the boonie' back in the day. I remember the days of drag-racing motorcycles out the the Rebel parking lot on Charleston and, What? Jones?
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Las Vegas is attempting to not be Los Angeles, San Francisco, or San Diego. Los Angeles has had typhus cases due to unsanitary conditions from homeless encampments.
At first glance, this strikes me as a victimless crime. The ACLU got the Supreme Court strike down vagrancy 48 years ago, and ever since, the police have been desperately trying to find alternate ways to merrily kick people when they're down.
At first glance, this strikes me as a victimless crime. The ACLU got the Supreme Court strike down vagrancy 48 years ago, and ever since, the police have been desperately trying to find alternate ways to merrily kick people when they're down.
More recently the federal courts have overturned LA's ban on people sleeping in cars. This law is almost certainly as unconstitutional. But they won't let that little thing called the "constitution" keep them from continuing to kick people when they are down. This country is becoming a very sad place.
I wonder how long they'll be able to hide the news stories when the jails get filled with more poor people than actual criminals.
Whoever voted for this is stupid beyond belief. This is a clear example of sweeping a problem under the rug instead of actually helping to alleviate it.
They found some land to relocate them, so they will no longer defile the sidewalks and neighborhoods.
Being a bum, hobo or vagrant doesn't give them a right to move in to our towns and cities.
Maybe this tough-rejection will be a wake-up call to the Democrat-led movement that condones this filthy situation.
More recently the federal courts have overturned LA's ban on people sleeping in cars. This law is almost certainly as unconstitutional. But they won't let that little thing called the "constitution" keep them from continuing to kick people when they are down. This country is becoming a very sad place.
Gee, if you like the idea of giving the homeless a free home, please sign me up. Since I no longer have a home, and currently staying with a kind hearted friend, I'll be eligible.
More recently the federal courts have overturned LA's ban on people sleeping in cars. This law is almost certainly as unconstitutional. But they won't let that little thing called the "constitution" keep them from continuing to kick people when they are down. This country is becoming a very sad place.
Forcing someone who sleeps in the street to find an alternative arrangement isnt kicking them, its helping them. The cluelessness of people who claim to have pity for those people and yet think that enabling their path of self destruction is somehow an act of kindness never ceases to amaze me.
I wonder how long they'll be able to hide the news stories when the jails get filled with more poor people than actual criminals.
Whoever voted for this is stupid beyond belief. This is a clear example of sweeping a problem under the rug instead of actually helping to alleviate it.
They are not criminalized for being poor. They are criminalized for loitering. Their are thousands of square miles surrounding Las Vegas where they can set up camp.
What planet do you live on? A full citizen of the USA certainly has every right to be a vagrant. A vagrant lifestyle isn't unconstitutional.
Some of the problem is poverty. Albeit a small portion. Either the rents need to be controlled or wages must come up or both.
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