This homeless man in San Francisco today came back from the bathroom to find that police were loading his sleeping gear and all his worldly possessions into a Department of Public Works truck for disposal at 16th and South Van Ness. He objected and began reclaiming his property when the police and "sanitation" workers confronted him, threatened him, beat him, and arrested him.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Instead of actual solutions to the very real homeless crisis, officials are content to simply remove the homeless and their possessions from public view.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Shame on the "sanitation" workers and cops who harass homeless people, stealing their meager possessions including sleeping gear. And shame on "liberal" San Francisco for not working for compassionate long-term solutions to the homeless problem, the housing crisis, and the sky-high cost of housing in Northern California in general.
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