Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Fox News:Portland residents, business owners want city to 'fix' homeless problem - My Take: Mostly drug abuse-mental health (yes, need tough-love programs), plus criminally irresponsible political leaders who refuse to enforce vagrancy, health and safety laws



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He doesn't know his name and the layers of dirty clothes he's wearing hang awkwardly off his body. Disheveled and scruffy, the man, who looks like he could be in his 60s, spends most of the day shuffling around the city. He walks up to a woman holding a styrofoam to-go box, snatches it from her and throws it on the ground, spilling bits of rice, chicken and peas on the sidewalk. He laughs for a second but his mood quickly turns. He spots a city worker with a broom and shouts the N-word at him before demanding he cleans up the mess.
"He's out of his mind," the worker told Fox News, with a sigh. "Watch. He'll do it again. He does it every 15 minutes." ...