You say as you continue to make sweeping generalizations about a group of people. Great job there buddy.

Ha! Well that explains that. Wasted discussion atp.

Yea that’s going to have to be my default now. I appreciate you saying that because it gets frustrating seeing it all the time!

I’m not angry, again with the dog whistle. I’m certainly not isolated. I have community, I have my people. Sorry if it hurts to have your hand revealed. Sorry that your reality is rooted in biases that you can’t see beyond. I’m going to enjoy my day, I hope you do too.

You share this one story of a murder from two years ago and this is what? You’re justification for why everyone should not be hanging out there, living there, and the 7-11 needs to close? I hate to break it to you but drug use and dealing is not just isolated to that area. There’s a reason it’s a nation-wide problem. You’re using one offs and issues that are beyond just this one area to stereotype an entire group of people. I’m not being manipulative and I’m not bullying I’m just calling it for what it is.

I’m regularly out there working with the homeless population and that is not what I see. You see what you want and look for reasons to hate.

You’re accusing me of willfully manipulating this conversation and using progressive tropes in the same breath as stereotyping a population as drug users and dealers, filthy, and oh right now murderers. Leave your dog whistle at home next time and maybe we can have a real conversation.

“Wrong element” you mean homeless people looking for a place to just be. Folks with very little options needing some place to stay in their down time. You have your house, apartment, condo, or wherever that you can chill in during your downtime where are the unhoused supposed to go? They have to move because people like you don’t like to see them? They are the “wrong element” because they have no place to live and have the audacity to find a place that’s convenient for them to be. These are people, human beings! They deserve a place to stay and a modicum of comfort just like everyone else.

Sorry that was the wrong analogy. Y’all think it’s treating something but it’s not even doing that. How is closing 7-11 doing anything? I’m also sick of folks hiding behind the drug problem as a way to justify how they hate to see Black folks outside. Here is a location that has a park, convenience store, right by a major train station, and proper covering in certain spots. It is a perfect location to be if someone is homeless. God forbid people with very little options find a place where they can just be without folks criminalizing them and viewing them as a bunch of pushers. You’re asking me to give you a solution to our housing problem? I’m just here saying don’t make things worse for the most vulnerable.

You don’t know what’s convenient for me.

I do volunteer and I don’t feel comfortable with law enforcement because of personal experiences so never that. Closing that 7-11 does nothing to address anything you said nor does it solve any problems. It’s just treating the symptom not the illness.

Your response is screaming coded language.

This is probably going to be an unpopular opinion based off of the kind of posts I see on this page but I hate this so much. Some people need to go touch grass and mind their business. This is wack af! That 7 Eleven has been a life saver for me many times during late commutes back to Newark when everything else is closed. I promise you this will solve nothing and will only make things more inconvenient. What’s being done to address this outrageous housing problem and homelessness? It also really blows my mind how much some of y’all hate to see folks outside. People out here really have a problem with Black folks just standing outside. I hear negative comments all the time about Broad street. It genuinely baffles me. Also please study up. The history of anti-loitering laws are racist. Why they still exist in this country is beyond me.