Zach LaBeam

1y

Oh the 1950s? When international shipping and the internet didn't exist?

Guapo_

1y

He's also advocating for the homeless to be forcefully institutionalized lol. How is that any different than what's being proposed in OP? You're a hypocrite

Plight

1y

I don't understand the point you are arguing. I've been pretty clear about the issue at hand and why it will continue.

Plight

1y

You can directly respond to me and stop being a b****. Try it.

Zach LaBeam

1y

You're giving credit for a solution and making it seem simple when the entire equation has changed since then

Plight

1y

It's the same s***. You think they can't go after d*** dealers? LOL. Wake up kiddo

Block Muteson

1y

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Today, the Supreme Court of the United States announced that they would hear the case of Johnson v. Grants Pass. This sets the stage for the most significant Supreme Court case about the rights of homeless people in decades. At its core, this case will decide whether cities are allowed to punish people for things like sleeping outside with a pillow or blanket, even when there are no safe shelter options.

The National Homelessness Law Center fully expects the Supreme Court to protect the rights of people who are forced to live outside and to follow the consistent precedents set by lower federal courts. The Constitution’s protection from Cruel and Unusual punishment applies to all people, not just those fortunate enough to have their own home. In deciding this case, SCOTUS will determine if people who are forced to sleep outside are allowed to do so without the threat of arrest or fines.

Contrary to the statements of those who believe cities can arrest and ticket their way out of homelessness, this case does not limit communities’ response to addressing homelessness. Cities remain free to use any of the many evidence-based approaches that end homelessness, like housing. All this case says is that, unless everybody has access to shelter that meets their needs, they cannot be arrested, ticketed, or otherwise punished for sleeping outside. If politicians were truly focused on ending homelessness, they would focus on proven solutions like housing and services. Sadly, too many policymakers seem eager to focus on costly, harmful solutions – like jails and fines – that make homelessness worse. Cities that have failed to provide for the basic needs of their residents, like housing and shelter, should not be allowed to punish people when they have no safe place to go.

Homelessness is growing not because cities lack ways to punish people for being poor, but because a growing number of hard-working Americans are struggling to pay rent and make ends meet. Grants Pass, Oregon, like many cities in America, is thousands of housing units short of what is needed. The lack of housing and resulting homelessness will not be solved by putting more people in jail or issuing more fines. The solution to homelessness is safe, decent, and affordable housing for everybody.

Still, not criminalizing homelessness is the bare minimum. The rent is too high for most Americans, and many hard-working families are just one missed paycheck or accident away from losing their housing. The Court’s ruling will have a tremendous impact on the 250,000 people who sleep outside on a given night. We are confident that the court will affirm what we have said for years: the solution to homelessness is housing, not jail cells or courtrooms.

More: https://johnsonvgrantspass.com/

americana

1y

This is a means to funnel homeless people into prison slavery

The 13th amendment permits slavery only as a legal punishment. This would increase the penal labor force by hundreds of thousands

Our massive prison population is not an arbitrary statistic. Everyone is aware of it, what it entails, and why it can be beneficial to them

Guapo_

1y

Now we got niggas spreading Chinese propaganda in here

WRU

1y

members since 2024 start their year miserably

Guapo_

1y

nigga believes China's reported numbers. We're cooked

Plight

1y

Yes executing d*** dealers actually stops a lot of d*** distribution. D*** users need to be treated and included into society. But this is not profitable. Prisons and a homeless underemployed underbelly are very profitable. Stop mystifying these very obvious structures. There is no crazy reason why all this happens. Just simple interests of the powerful and a disposable powerless group of people that are treated worse than animals.

Bigtime

1y

Throw 200 d*** using mentally ill homeless people into a building. Jeez what can go wrong

Zach LaBeam

1y

Oh the 1950s? When international shipping and the internet didn't exist?

Guapo_

1y

nigga believes China's reported numbers. We're cooked

Big Tobacco

1y

you think international shipping didn’t exist in the 1950s?

It’s really outstanding how historically illiterate you libs are

Plight

1y

"all chinese lie" doesn't make you look as good as you think it does

WRU

1y

you should leave this section and stick to rap music

WRU

1y

you should leave this section and stick to rap music

Zach LaBeam

1y

And now you're being intentionally obtuse to try to "dunk" on me. I'm sure international shipping was as affordable and popular today as it was in 1950, especially considering the first use of the modern shipping container was 1956

afterimage

1y

maritime international shipping has been a thing for uhhh centuries

Zach LaBeam

1y

And the average person has had access to international shipping and a d*** catalog for centuries as well?

afterimage

1y

yes average people have been sailors, traders, pirates, merchants