2d ago

Approximately 150 cities in 32 states have banned sleeping outside despite a lack of shelter space since Supreme Court case

stateline.org Many more cities ban sleeping outside despite a lack of shelter space • Stateline

Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s City of Grants Pass v. Johnson ruling allowing localities to ban outdoor camping even if there is no shelter space available, roughly 150 cities in 32 states have passed or strengthened such ordinances.

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20250129130259/https://stateline.org/2025/01/27/many-more-cities-ban-sleeping-outside-despite-a-lack-of-shelter-space/

e; I typo'd the original headline and forgot the word "states," thought I fixed that before anyone noticed but now I'm seeing confusion in the comments over that edit, so, yeah - my bad!

18 comments

the owner class does not care about us.
- In fact they're all for it. Everyone must crush orphans for the orphan crushing machine. No frugal living allowed.
- So how are we going to make them care? We all need to be seriously working this out right now.

Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives

I can only guess it's to prevent workers from accidentally stabbing themselves on a needle, but the use of that huge earth mover seems so overpowered and inhumane in clearing those tents.

For those confused like I was, it's 150 cities in 32 states.
- Yep, I forgot word

So, I'm assuming that if someone gets arrested for sleeping outside, they get put into a for-profit prison, hm? WEIRD.

Wow at that image. Was a front loader really necessary for that?
- Someone was crushed to death fairly recently by someone doing exactly this.
  
  Fuck, I don't know what's more infuriating, that this happened at all, how incredibly predictable it was, that it hasn't changed the use of heavy equipment on these tent cities in other areas, or that this comment is somehow the first I heard about this happening.
  His name was Cornelius Taylor, he was a resident of Atlanta, and he was killed a few days before MLK Jr day across the street from the church where King was a pastor (archived). The moral arc of the universe is too long.
- Yes. FUCK the poor. We need to send a strong message to them that it is NOT okay to choose to be homeless (/s)
- Not strictly, but you don't want to be doing it with your hands due to the risk of sharp objects like needles, and thus infection.

Wow, 150/32 cities? Talk about excessive!
- The original post had a typo where the word states was omitted, OP has since edited.
  For those who are confused by this comment.
  
  Correct, apologies for the confusion!
- I mean, it's kinda halfway between a 4th and 5th amendment violation, so the math works out

All conservatives are disgusting excuses for human beings, all of em

18 comments