Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Louisiana investigates homeless killings amid concern over rise in violence


Trump has encouraged people to be angry, mean, and uncaring.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/31/louisiana-baton-rouge-police-homeless-crisis

Edward Helmore and agencies
Tue 31 Dec 2019 09.53 EST

The killings of three homeless people this month in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, could be connected, and come at a time when the homeless are being subject to increasing violence and homeless issues are becoming a dangerous political football.

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The deaths in Louisiana’s capital come as homeless advocates worry about an increase in violence against homeless people, and after Donald Trump used the homeless crisis in California as a political stick to try and attack top Democrats such as House speaker Nancy Pelosi and California governor Gavin Newsom.

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