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2021-10-08 -Great Cultural Revolution

Washington, D.C. to change how it clears homeless camps after man scooped up while inside tent

[JustTheNews] Washington, D.C. officials say they will change how the city clears out homeless encampments, following an incident where a man still was inside a tent when officials tried to remove it.

According to WTOP, the incident happened Monday in northwest D.C. when the encampment was being cleared out by officials. A bobcat picked up a tent with a person still inside it, as shouts could be heard coming from the tent.

The person was subsequently taken to the hospital, and is expected to be okay, officials reportedly said.

According to D.C. Deputy Mayor of Public Health, Wayne Turnage, officials checked the tent prior to attempting to remove it. Following the incident, officials will now check each tent individually, while a worker stands by each tent as it is removed, to prevent others from trying to enter it.

The tent encampment was cleared out as part of a new program in the District, aimed at placing unhoused people inside apartments or hotel rooms, and working to enroll them in social welfare programs. Residents of the camp reportedly had been told that the camp would be cleared out.

As WTOP reports, the incident sparked heated exchanges between activists and D.C. officials while the encampment was being torn down.

Once activists told WTOP that they could hear the person “yelling” and that's when they informed the workers there was still someone in the tent.

The new policy goes into effect immediately.

Posted by Skidmark 2021-10-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top

#1

Images of Soylent Green to mind...

Posted by NN2N1 2021-10-08 06:59|| 2021-10-08 06:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Hey wait, I thought they all already died from Covid. That's what they were sayin'.

Posted by ed in texas 2021-10-08 10:03|| 2021-10-08 10:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Same thing happened in San Diego: San Diego city workers scooped homeless person into garbage truck

Posted by Frank G 2021-10-08 13:04|| 2021-10-08 13:04|| Front Page Top

#4 Albuquerque did it better. Municipal workers were once running a powerful brush cutter through a patch of weeds along the Rio Grande. The operator sliced and diced a homeless guy taking a daytime nap, completely concealed by the weeds.

Posted by Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2021-10-08 14:03|| 2021-10-08 14:03|| Front Page Top

#5 The dump probably nicer than the camp anyway.

Posted by Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-10-08 16:48|| 2021-10-08 16:48|| Front Page Top

#6 Yo whah you think they call it a dump?

Posted by Sholurong Threter8094 2021-10-08 17:00|| 2021-10-08 17:00|| Front Page Top

#7 If the homeless were somehow made radio-active, perhaps by injection, they could be detected with a Geiger counter. No more mistaking a person for a pile of smelly rags in a tent.

They would probably need regular booster shots for the radioactivity, of course.

Posted by SteveS 2021-10-08 18:11|| 2021-10-08 18:11|| Front Page Top

#8 No need for a needle or knife!
No handling of toxins. No strife.
Now you won't need a mark
To be seen in the dark:
New from Soylent, the Circle of Life!

Posted by Angaith Joluger1519 2021-10-08 20:16|| 2021-10-08 20:16|| Front Page Top

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