Some cities are taking #homeless people’s property and then failing to store their things.

Our reporting over the past year shows there are more effective, compassionate ways to deal with encampments.

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What I Learned Reporting in Cities That Take Belongings From Homeless People

Some cities take people’s belongings — ignoring their own policies and court orders — and then fail to store them. Our reporting shows there are more effective and compassionate ways to deal with homeless encampments.

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🎼🎵Some¹ will rob you with a six-gun,
And some² with a fountain pen.🎶
– Woody Guthrie, *Pretty Boy Floyd*
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1. Cops
2. Capitalists
@josh

@ProPublica police love to screw people over.
They ask for I.D. then keep it.
It’s extraordinarily difficult for a homeless person to replace their identification.

@RiaResists @ProPublica

ACAB. Being homeless convinced me of this. 🌸

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Portland does this too.
I’d be more interested in what cities dont.
@ProPublica The cruelty is the point.
@ProPublica compassion is to present day America, what quantum mechanics is to a pinhead