The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to give cities broader latitude to punish people for sleeping in public when they have no other options will likely result in municipalities taking more aggressive action to remove encampments, including throwing away more of homeless people's property, advocates and legal experts said.
Why are the homeless there? #21 | Posted by LampLighter
Lots of reasons (e.g., drugs, mental illness, lazy, good for nothings). Maybe some combination of the above.
It's easy to look down upon people who have nothing and are merely trying to survive this experiment called life. They are just trying to live the best way they know how. #22 | Posted by LauraMohr
Then I guess those who are able to do so, better learn to earn their keep. It's not my job or my community's to enable druggies to live on the street and deal with all the issues that flow from that.
And those who can't take care of themselves? Then we better step up as a society and take care of them. But we are no longer required to let people live on the street because that's what they want. With the threat of incarceration, we have one more tool to deal with this issue, if we so choose.
@#23 ... There are almost no homeless veterans. ..
Got a link for that assertion?
Here's one I saw...
What are the 2022 statistics for veterans experiencing homelessness?
valorhealthcare.com
... In 2022, there were more than 580,000 individuals in need of housing in the United States. And while less than 10% of people in America are veterans, almost 13% of the adult population experiencing homelessness is made up of veterans. ...
... and ...
Facts About Homeless Veterans
www.pinestreetinn.org
... Why are veterans homeless?
In addition to the complex set of factors that affect most homeless individuals lack of affordable housing, poverty, job or income loss, mental illness, substance abuse, health problems, etc. many veterans live with the lingering effect of PTSD, often compounded by a lack of family and social support networks. Military occupations and training are not always transferable to the civilian workforce, placing some veterans at a disadvantage when competing for employment. ...
... and ...
Not directly related, but a somber article nonetheless...
Pattern of Brain Damage Is Pervasive in Navy SEALs Who Died by Suicide
www.nytimes.com
... A military lab found distinctive damage from repeated blast exposure in every brain it tested, but Navy SEAL leaders were kept in the dark about the pattern.
David Metcalf's last act in life was an attempt to send a message " that years as a Navy SEAL had left his brain so damaged that he could barely recognize himself.
He died by suicide in his garage in North Carolina in 2019, after nearly 20 years in the Navy. But just before he died, he arranged a stack of books about brain injury by his side, and taped a note to the door that read, in part, "Gaps in memory, failing recognition, mood swings, headaches, impulsiveness, fatigue, anxiety, and paranoia were not who I was, but have become who I am. Each is worsening."
Then he shot himself in the heart, preserving his brain to be analyzed by a state-of-the-art Defense Department laboratory in Maryland.
The lab found an unusual pattern of damage seen only in people exposed repeatedly to blast waves.
The vast majority of blast exposure for Navy SEALs comes from firing their own weapons, not from enemy action. The damage pattern suggested that years of training intended to make SEALs exceptional was leaving some barely able to function. ...
Less feces and needles on the streets of Seattle, Austin, Portland, and San Francisco?!?! Gasps!!!!!
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