That's like a form of social Darwinism, if you cut off food to force people to get help, and it really doesn't work that way. |
The Atlanta ordinance says this is how Atlanta is solving Atlanta's homeless problem. You're not aloud to say anything. You're not allowed to ask what time it is; you're not allowed to ask for directions. You're not allowed to ask for food. We don't consider that to be a model ordinance. |
The government is talking about ending homelessness, but it is creating it at the same time. |
The most common law that targets homeless people is some version of a panhandling law, whether it's aggressive panhandling or saying you can only panhandle in certain areas of a city. |
The overwhelming majority of perpetrators are teens and young adults. We need to start with young people in public and private schools. |
The truth is that these are not unusual. |
The videotape is our dream come true. It's putting a face to the issue. What happened in Fort Lauderdale will happen again in other parts of the country, and we know that it will happen again. |
There's a disconnect there somewhere. |
There's been a trend with a few police departments becoming more sensitized toward the needs and issues that the homeless population face. These are the kind of partnerships we support. |
They (Sarasota) could have been taken off the mean list if they would have just done away with that ordinance. They continue to push and push and push, and push homeless people out of the city. |
They could have been taken off the mean list if they would have just done away with that ordinance. |
They do this because they think they can, that they can get away with beating a homeless person and nobody will care, and the homeless won't be able to fight back. |
They were not willing to do that. |
This is not comprehensive; this would not be an accurate portrayal. |
We definitely feel that it's a widespread epidemic around the country. It seems like there's been a spike in incidents. We're not sure if it's copycat attacks or open season on the homeless population. |