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Yak_Rodeo t1_j1elrpl wrote

Reply to comment by ipsissimus666 in Churches that allow sleeping overnight in their parking lot? by ipsissimus666

what criminal offense are you concerned about? if the police do get called youll just get asked to move along

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ipsissimus666 OP t1_j1emcmc wrote

Trespassing; loitering.

Or otherwise being perceived as someone who must be in the wrong.

“Why would you be in this situation? Where is your family and friends?”

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Yak_Rodeo t1_j1emlxs wrote

have you been to many church or store lots around boston? theres frequently people experiencing homelessness sleeping there, ive never seen anyone arrested for that

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GM_Pax t1_j1etmzk wrote

Vagrancy.

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Yak_Rodeo t1_j1eu4as wrote

thats not a criminal offense

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boardmonkey t1_j1f0igc wrote

Vagrancy is the cause to harass, but they will pin something on them if they want to. Loitering, trespassing, and more. I worked at a shelter where a guest was arrested for resisting arrest. No other cause. They arrested him and charged him with resisting arrest, but there was no other arrestable offence. His public defender argued that he couldn't be arrested for resisting arrest if there was no reason to be arrested in the first place. The judge disagreed and he was sentenced to 30 days. I asked what he did to resist arrest, and he said he asked, "Why am I being arrested."

The truth is while being homeless isn't a crime the city still treats it that way and will charge people with meaningless offences because they can. A lot of it is to try and force the homeless out of the city to other areas, and a lot of it is to pad their numbers so they can use the statistics for more money. The homeless don't have the capacity to fight so they are the easiest targets.

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Graywulff t1_j1fg4hd wrote

That’s awful. Fuck Quincy for shutting down that bridge project it’d be done by now. How many beds do they have?

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