Of course nobody has been arrested or charged. Manslaughter? Murder? Come on, at least reckless endangerment? Not if the victim is homeless and the perp is the state, fuck no.
I swear bro, we’re going to fix homelessness, just give me one more dozer sweep, bro, I swear it’ll work this time, bro I promise we won’t kill someone again, please, just one more dozer sweep it’s got to work this time
This isn’t even the first time something like this has happened. To my knowledge, this exact same thing happened in Modesto a few years ago. I sincerely doubt those are the only two. Dozer sweeps aren’t cheap, either; I’m pretty sure the city could just house these folks for whatever they’re paying to do the sweep. This is purely about flexing on our most vulnerable population.
Wow bulldozers did that all by themselves?
It’s what Jesus would’ve wanted /s
All a part of God’s plan
Seems like America has given up on any illusions of upholding human rights.
Here’s a couple ideas for dealing with the housing crisis situation, one of the primary causes of the homeless issues in the first place. Since all we ever seem to do is fail at handling symptoms instead of of causes.
- Foreign companies cannot own private housing.
- Domestic companies cannot own more than say 2-3 private homes, this includes any companies that can be connected through another business or individual. This allows individuals to have second homes or a rental property but means rental businesses are dead, they handle larger condos and apartments. Separate homes are meant for families and individual households.
- Tax vacant housing at high rates to facilitate homes actually being loved in. We have largely enough housing for everyone to have a place, but a lot of it sits unused as bullshit real estate holdings.
- For larger cities, tax vacant retail and office space at a high rate and give incentives to remodel it for more housing. Have maximum vacancy time-frames to incentivize utilizing the spaces instead of just setting bullshit pricing no one will ever pay while “looking” for tenants year after year.
But none of this will happen. Because the oligarchs have their money invested in real estate holdings that don’t move or get and use, so they require little to no maintenance. It’s a large reason why half of NYC looks like a shit hole with boarded up retail spots for decades while a cupboard under the stars costs $1800/mo to rent.
How about we just build apartments?
Would really like more rail. It’s the only reason I’m a bit nimby about apartments, too many cars on the road.
Is there not a strong correlation between apartments and rail? I.e. China, Spain, Korea?
“Just build” only helps the developers who get to build and thus profit more. They’ll just build luxury condos and “investment properties” since that’s the most profitable.
There’s more expensive housing units sitting empty than there are unhoused people. The problem isn’t a lack of housing, it’s a lack of AFFORDABLE housing. That and it’s WAY too easy for landlords to evict people.
Right, let’s build … public housing!
Yep, but still need new protections such as rent control and better enforcement of the ones currently in place.
“Just build public housing” is better than “just build housing”, but stil woefully inadequate to tackle q problem much more complex and insidious than simple supply and demand.
There’s already enough living space. No need for more infrastructure.
Depends where. Not generally true.
I don’t even know what to do with myself, reading this. It’s so fucking nightmarish. Why do we allow this hell to continue? That man should have been in a warm, safe bed. And he could have been if we didn’t hate our own people so much.
Let me guess, company in a rush to also not have to provide therapy to bulldozer driver.
Lol therapy for the driver? They’re going to escape fault/blame as a company by some ratfuck tactic like drug testing or another method to escape fault. They’re going to do that not only to avoid taking care of their own employees, but also so they’re not financially liable.
Whatever company you work for ,(directed at everyone, not just you) they will leave you in dust when a certain dollar amount is met they would have to pay.
Unionization is likely the most important thing we can do to improve nearly every aspect of our society. With unionization we could be paid what we’re worth, and have the benefits we need to tackle mental health issues, both would directly impact the probability of us becoming homeless and met with this same fate.
You have infinitely more in common with this poor soul that was murdered by a company/city, than you do with the people stealing your wages and your happiness. Never ever think otherwise.
Stoping this hell requires people to get off the Internet and possibly put themselves in harms way, or risk their livelihoods. Until people want a better life for their fellow man more than they want comfort for themselves, nothing will change.
Personally, I just don’t see that happening in America.
They needed a bulldozer to take down a few tents? They couldn’t just hire a few folks to deconstruct the area? What the fuck.
A handful of underpaid city staffers gently disassembling your home don’t send the same message that 200 tons of steel and diesel barreling through it does.
Bell Riots were supposed to be last year
The Temporal Wars threw a–
You know what? It’s not even worth it. This is truly horrifying.
This is like that cop that ran over and killed a homeless person while shortcutting through a park 🤡 madness.
I think Georgia did this on purpose
Hopefully he was having a good dream
And that his sleep was not disturbed. Simply didn’t wake up from his perspective.
Fuck this is awful…
