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You have yet to provide factual proof to your possibly made up stories of this occuring so what you claim is only worth a grain of salt. Im not saying it did not happen but considering your a new member you do not have the reputation on this forum for us to evaluate what you claim could be possibly legit .
I seriously doubt this has occur uptown due to all the cameras.
You have yet to provide factual proof to your possibly made up stories of this occuring so what you claim is only worth a grain of salt. Im not saying it did not happen but considering your a new member you do not have the reputation on this forum for us to evaluate what you claim could be possibly legit .
I seriously doubt this has occur uptown due to all the cameras.
Well think what you will. I wasn't out to push this story though. Once I did see it, and I've seen others like it, I tend to think it's the story behind why there aren't many vagrants in the uptown core - they don't want there asses kicked. Sort of illegal. Leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth.
I remember when the homeless used to harass people walking around in Uptown. I remember when there used to be panhandlers all over town & I'm glad that they're gone too. I've never witnessed the police beating up vagrants though.
Seriously though, for about a decade, every time I saw a homeless with a sign around Matthews I stopped.
I gave them a business card, and told them I could give them a job for 45-60 hours per week.
I quit offering since no one ever took me up on the offer.
Panhandlers in other cities make a pretty decent income from panhandling. I wonder why they aren't meeting their goals here in CHarlotte?
I am in Atlanta frequently and usually stay at two hotels near America's Mart.
One is connected and I can go from my room to the Mart without going outside. If I stay at the other hotel I cannot walk _1_ block without being asked at least 5x for money and/or a cigarette.
It's nice there's a now a forum to have a circle jerk about how lazy homeless people are and how we don't mind them not being Uptown, but I legitimately am curious about the first question I posed in my initial post before this devolved into a "i'm skeptical of your motives thread."
You're asking us to comment on something that only you have seen & you don't have any news stories to back up your claim. Most people are probably finding it difficult to believe that it happened at all.
We have homeless shelters around the city and the Salvation Army also provides shelter for men, women and children.
I cannot fathom a police officer beating up the homeless. We have made all sorts of special arrangements in this city to accommodate the homeless (often people who are mentally ill, as well as drug addicts).
I would list all the shelters if this were a thread asking for help but since this is a thread accusing police brutality and w/ no facts to back it up . . . I ain't taking the time to do it.
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From a person that doesn't know diddly about the subject
I ONLY know the following: Past three days stayed smack dab in the middle of uptown (Holiday Inn). Tipped over these guys in all three days I was there anywhere in walking distance. Saw your officers (in brown uniforms )walk right by them.
That's all I know. But,if your would like to tackle the subject of civil rights,
abusive tactics by police, and all else that many liberals like to discuss...I am seriously interested if you have some facts behind the subject.
Educate me.
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