Los Angeles Homeless Man talks Rats and Police Sweeps
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Published 2021-05-12
In Harbor City, police and sanitation sweep the area every three weeks. Norman understands cleaning for health reasons, but when LAPD takes all of their belongings, it forces homeless people to start from scratch again. It's rare to the point of almost never happening that services are provided. Homeless sweeps just confiscate people's stuff. Norman says they take their tents, their blankets - everything they have - forcing them to start over. Norman adds "if you are going to clean us out, help us."
The City of Los Angeles has increased street cleaning and sanitation services for homeless encampments over the past three to five years. The City has done so with an emphasis on criminalization, harassment, and removal of people and their belongings, instead of taking a health-based approach to ensuring safe and clean streets for all. In 2019, LA's budget allocated $30 million to homeless sweeps, which do nothing to end homelessness and are a waste of taxpayer money.
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Special thanks to Street Watch LA streetwatchla.com/
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Your voice can help end homelessness. If we do not fix the affordable housing crisis, homelessness will continue to get worse. Click here invisiblepeople.tv/getinvolved to tweet, email, call, or Facebook your federal and state legislators to tell them ending homelessness and creating more affordable housing is a priority to you.
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This gentleman put it out there so eloquently, he would do well as a speaker against homelessness. It’s the birds eye view. Prayers for you sir
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i was just out there giving burritos not too long ago. Thats right around Carson and Wilmington. He refused my burrito and suggested i give it to other people around the area. Such a humble guy
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He is so intelligent. If someone could give him shelter and purpose. 😢
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He could do voiceover work, he’s got a great speaking voice.
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I appreciate this 🤍🤍I’m homeless living in a shelter in nyc. I come to this channel when I need to feel like a human. Thank you for giving us a voice!
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God bless this man!
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WOW This guy is great , He spoke spot on about homeless
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This man needs his own podcast- I could listen to him all day
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He's a beautiful soul
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A sharp minded man. In a first person perspective. He knows more than all the politicians and social workers combined on resolving homelessness.
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Poor Man deserves a real home 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
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I truly believe when he said "The people do more for us than the government", "they take $$ from their pocket"! That is beautiful yet ashame. smh
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So many cool forgotten people so sad
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Thanks for sharing. I was houseless in LA in 2015-17.. It was not easy for me to get back home to CT sober n safe. Today Im on my feet today. Working hard doing concrete work, I understand your struggles and your not alone. Help is comng.God Bless Mark and evryone.Jimi33
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I wish I had a lot of money, I would help so many people.
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I donated what I could Norman. I hope you meet your fundraising goal. I pray you find a home soon 🙏 Sending many prayers and blessings to you and other homeless people 🙏 ❤ Wishing and praying for you to have good health and a loving, hopeful future 🙏
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Entrepreneur from Canada here. I just wanna say that homeless people are a huge part of my purpose, I have family on welfare and government housing. God willing when I get to where I need to be, I will help and house thousands of people in Jesus's name. God Bless you all.
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What a lovely man. I wish I could help him He would make a wonderful contribution to society if he was enabled to do so "Maybe he's the phenomenal person we've been waiting for"
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The guy is found stunningly brilliant.. God bless him.
