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Meet Roof Ninja Lady
I heard about this on the news a few days ago, and now they've released the body camera footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R28ZSY2Sc2A
Long story short, a woman was discovered living *inside* a large store sign and had probably been living there for about a year. The cops climbed up and told her that she had to go. Check the video - the police were cool and relaxed, maybe even kind as they told her she had to leave, right now. She claimed it was a "an old safe place" which suggests she knew about it from an earlier time. Although the police, and apparently the store manager, were very understanding and calm about it - even praising her ingenuity and spunk they insisted she had to go - now. No time to call her work and let them know she wouldn't be in, no time to get a truck to move her stuff to a storage area.
There were things missing from their dialog that I was searching for, phrases like:
"We'll give you a hand."
"We'll guard your stuff while you get a truck."
"Take a few minutes and call your boss."
Here was a woman who worked - but still couldn't afford a safe place to live. When confronted with losing her safe place and all her belongings, a helping hand was not extended to her.
Yeah, I get it. It's not the cop's job nor the store manager's. Her living in a sign above a store was an insurance issue for the company. But damn it, why couldn't *someone* extend a little slack and give her fifteen minutes to scoop up some of her life and then watch over her meager belongings for a few hours?
What is wrong with them? What is wrong with us?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R28ZSY2Sc2A
Long story short, a woman was discovered living *inside* a large store sign and had probably been living there for about a year. The cops climbed up and told her that she had to go. Check the video - the police were cool and relaxed, maybe even kind as they told her she had to leave, right now. She claimed it was a "an old safe place" which suggests she knew about it from an earlier time. Although the police, and apparently the store manager, were very understanding and calm about it - even praising her ingenuity and spunk they insisted she had to go - now. No time to call her work and let them know she wouldn't be in, no time to get a truck to move her stuff to a storage area.
There were things missing from their dialog that I was searching for, phrases like:
"We'll give you a hand."
"We'll guard your stuff while you get a truck."
"Take a few minutes and call your boss."
Here was a woman who worked - but still couldn't afford a safe place to live. When confronted with losing her safe place and all her belongings, a helping hand was not extended to her.
Yeah, I get it. It's not the cop's job nor the store manager's. Her living in a sign above a store was an insurance issue for the company. But damn it, why couldn't *someone* extend a little slack and give her fifteen minutes to scoop up some of her life and then watch over her meager belongings for a few hours?
What is wrong with them? What is wrong with us?