Hate for the homeless Cops cut up thier tents

[undergroundpanther]

A video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrPdZmPB36U
An article

Problems have plagued us since. First, the City decided to cut down our tents. This is AFTER a promise that if we consolidated the two tent cities to one IN FRONT of St. Vincent's that they would allow us time to negotiate with them over the fire marshals' concerns. WE complied and they lied! The police destroyed the only safety we had. We rebuilt, and as the destruction of our tents by the police made national news, hundreds of people came forward with love, support, and more tents; and we thank each one. However, the media attention also brought a few who saw this as a way to exploit our situation; and this is the reason that we are setting up another tent city.


http://stpeteforpeace.org/tentcity.html

[Spider Jerusalem]

1. Nothing new here.

Reminds me of my great-uncle telling me about seeing the US cavalry galloping through Washington DC with drawn sabres to disperse the Bonus Army back in 1932.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

5. Right.

Herbert Hoover at his finest.

Repuke respect for soldiers . . .

[andrewcorbin20]

2. I have

NEVER seen anything like it. How could anyone do such a thing? Wow.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

4. Welcome to DU!

[andrewcorbin20]

6. ;)

thanks

[CrazyOrangeCat]

3. K&R

Let's not let this story fall by the wayside.

This shit is straight out of Steinbeck.

Last Sunday morning, when I first read about this on DU, I fired off a scathing, barely polite e-mail to the mayor of St. Pete, who is one of Jeb's minions.

Got a form letter back . . . yesterday, thanking me for my concern about the homeless situation there.

This is Grapes of Wrath, people. This is repuke family values at it's finest.

Thank you for posting this again.

This issue needs to be dealt with, and the thugs that did this need to be sued. To the point that they can only afford to live in tents.

:mad: --angrycat