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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?
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The cruelty is the point, to quote a recent article on government policies about homelessness. Even those that aren't being deliberately cruel, aren't going out of their way to show an ounce of kindness, like you suggest, because they know they'd be reprimanded by higher authorities if they did.
And it says that the sociopaths have won, and are making the rules now.