Comments on: No Need to Arrest the Homeless; Just Drown Them http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/blurbex/2007/11/16/no-need-to-arrest-the-homeless-just-drown-them/ The blog for urban explorers Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:07:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Alex Pickett http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/blurbex/2007/11/16/no-need-to-arrest-the-homeless-just-drown-them/comment-page-1/#comment-5460 Alex Pickett Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:21:58 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/blurbex/2007/11/16/no-need-to-arrest-the-homeless-just-drown-them/#comment-5460 Well said Tom. I passed by City Hall sometime around 11 p.m. and snapped the photo above. I passed by again an hour later, same situation. Well said Tom. I passed by City Hall sometime around 11 p.m. and snapped the photo above. I passed by again an hour later, same situation.

]]> By: Tom http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/blurbex/2007/11/16/no-need-to-arrest-the-homeless-just-drown-them/comment-page-1/#comment-5449 Tom Sun, 18 Nov 2007 01:17:36 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/blurbex/2007/11/16/no-need-to-arrest-the-homeless-just-drown-them/#comment-5449 I happened to pass by city hall around 9:00P.M. last night and saw quite a few people camping out. It was pretty cold. The water must not have come on yet. You ask "Is this just a coincidence? Or a concerted effort by Mayor Rick Baker to rid the sidewalks around his offices of homeless people?" It's very refreshing to see someone in the media look for accountability at city hall. The tent slashing this year was blamed on the police department based on the Mayor's strange non-denial, "I did not know that the operation had occurred until it occurred,”. The Times ran this and the rest of the media followed uncritically. I did not see a strait question and answer to the Mayor on this reported anywhere. Did I miss something? The Times recycled their mythology in Thursday's editorial, saying "after police destroyed the tents of some homeless protesters, the backlash against the city was deservedly harsh”. Unfairly blaming the police is a bad habit. The department does not need another shot to their morale or credibility. Chasing the homeless from the relative safety of Tent City led to the murder of a man who was sleeping out in the open. The boxcutter incident led to worldwide ridicule of us as "the meanest city". YouTube has had over 50,000 hits on the video of this incident. No one has been held to account. I happened to pass by city hall around 9:00P.M. last night and saw quite a few people camping out. It was pretty cold. The water must not have come on yet.

You ask “Is this just a coincidence? Or a concerted effort by Mayor Rick Baker to rid the sidewalks around his offices of homeless people?” It’s very refreshing to see someone in the media look for accountability at city hall.

The tent slashing this year was blamed on the police department based on the Mayor’s strange non-denial, “I did not know that the operation had occurred until it occurred,”. The Times ran this and the rest of the media followed uncritically. I did not see a strait question and answer to the Mayor on this reported anywhere. Did I miss something?

The Times recycled their mythology in Thursday’s editorial, saying “after police destroyed the tents of some homeless protesters, the backlash against the city was deservedly harsh”. Unfairly blaming the police is a bad habit. The department does not need another shot to their morale or credibility.

Chasing the homeless from the relative safety of Tent City led to the murder of a man who was sleeping out in the open. The boxcutter incident led to worldwide ridicule of us as “the meanest city”. YouTube has had over 50,000 hits on the video of this incident. No one has been held to account.

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