Michael Stoops
Michael Stoops
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Whenever you see a guy by the interstate ramp with a sign, that guy is the tip of the iceberg. There's another population you don't see.
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In many of the cases, it's a crime of opportunity. A group of teenagers is roaming the street on a hot summer night and they come across a homeless person who might be mentally ill or alcoholic. When they hurt a homeless person, they think they can get away with it -- and they think they won't be hurt in return.
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No area of America is immune from homelessness.
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The Atlanta ordinance says this is how Atlanta is solving Atlanta's homeless problem. You're not aloud to say anything. You're not allowed to ask what time it is; you're not allowed to ask for directions. You're not allowed to ask for food. We don't consider that to be a model ordinance.
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I'm not surprised by Mayor Goodman's reaction. I respect the mayor. I think he's a good guy, but he has always had an anti-homeless bent and he revels in name-calling. We didn't delight in ranking Las Vegas as a mean city again. We're just trying to put the spotlight on the city and let the mayor know that Las Vegas will never get off the list as long as he continues to declare war on the homeless.
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They could have been taken off the mean list if they would have just done away with that ordinance.
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What happened in Holly Hill and what happened in Fort Lauderdale will happen again. It's just a matter of when and where.
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What happened in Fort Lauderdale will no doubt happen again. It might not be caught on videotape the next time, but I can assure you it will happen again.
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The videotape is our dream come true. It's putting a face to the issue. What happened in Fort Lauderdale will happen again in other parts of the country, and we know that it will happen again.
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This is not comprehensive; this would not be an accurate portrayal.
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That's like a form of social Darwinism, if you cut off food to force people to get help, and it really doesn't work that way.
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Rather than arresting and jailing homeless people for violation, let's find out why they're homeless in the first place. There's a lack of day shelters, and affordable housing.
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People think that homeless people are not human beings and that it's OK to hurt them and, most importantly, they think they can get away with it.
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Las Vegas needs to move forward on this quickly ... because the issues are still out there.