PART 1:LAPD HOMELESS SWEEP ON VENICE BEACH AUGUST 14-16 2008

First-hand accounts from homeless people on Venice Beach who were part of the LAPD sweep on August 14-16 - over 20 people arrested and possessions disposed of by LAPD in an illegal sweep of people SLEEPING on or near the beach.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• homeless
• LAPD
• Venice
• Beach
• sleep
• arrest
• ticket
• city
• illegal

[1lookiloo]

Yes, something needs to be done, TAKE A BATH & GET A JOB!!!!!

[SPIRITOFVENICE]

Nice try! But not very original - maybe there's some projection going on here - like, you are projecting your "condition" onto somebody else - short term solution with no end result - try again, you might just say something that nobody else has ever thought of. All the best, SOV

[HappyHooker83]

@SPIRITOFVENICE of convictions, you are fucked!

[HappyHooker83]

@SPIRITOFVENICE "Nice try! But not very original - maybe there's some projection going on here - like, you are projecting your "condition" onto somebody else - short term solution with no end result" - True. Alot of people who are not in these circumstances like to pass judgement and don't give a fuck about what happens...until it happens to them. The poor guy who is a convicted felon and is homeless because he can't find a job is a true victim of the system in that when you have a record

[Sun6Tzu]

@assman255 Just remeber that every new person you meet deserves a chance to display their charecter and negative exceptions will encourage a negative result.

[assman255]

@Sun6Tzu just remember they are law enforcement not always your friends. they will be violent w/you sometimes w/o provocation. just the facts as I've seen and experienced them.

[Sun6Tzu]

@assman255 Please elaborate, or is your comment only meant to try and encourage me to fear cops?

[assman255]

@Sun6Tzu them, they, mental state? could be u someday body! getting kicked,cuffed, robbed

[luxvoyager1111]

to everyone who bitches about homeless people...give me a break. you don't have to give them money or anything, but they have just as much right to be on this earth as you do, and they have to sleep SOMEWHERE! if you don't like it because it makes you uncomfortable/scares you, that's your problem, not theirs. just b/csomeone is homeless does not mean they are criminals, drug addicts, etc...in fact, i would be willing to bet there are plenty of "average citizens" that fall under those labels too.

[Sun6Tzu]

@dsnfldgfds I agree, it does not help when they use drugs or alcohol to alter their mood as well. The damage to the mental state causes the body to fatigue and overall causes them to have zero motivation. This makes alot of them end up using the hospitality of the system as a grant. This includes prisons for violent offenders as well, some enjoy the praise of male aggression as being a fighter or natural killer, along with the free rewards of shelter and food. Some will never change.

[dsnfldgfds]

@Sun6Tzu Absolutely our lives are up to us but when the thought patterns are disrupted and your head is filled with self defeating thoughts it makes it very difficult to go for help. Some may not even think they need help and they think that homelessness is a choice but it is actually in their heads.

. Unfortunately prisons and sanitariums are expenses of the tax payer with not any lobbying for budgets.I agree that it is the police' responsibility to set them on the path to help.

[Sun6Tzu]

@dsnfldgfds Thank you, I was incorrect, there are homeless shelters which feed, and provide the same level of care for these people while keeping their freedom. However perhaps the police should notify these people to go to these centers rather than arresting and processing them. I have first hand experience in all the things you have mentioned, you are only partial correct, in the end, the choice will always remain to the individual, when they realize, this is where they will find their hope.