People who experienced homeless encampment sweeps in Washington state and Tennessee wrote about the impact it had on their lives. Our team @propublica.org added these to our page featuring stories from people across the country: projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho... - ThreadSky

asiafields.bsky.social • 118 days ago

People who experienced homeless encampment sweeps in Washington state and Tennessee wrote about the impact it had on their lives.

Our team @propublica.org added these to our page featuring stories from people across the country: https://projects.propublica.org/impact-of-homeless-sweeps-lost-belongings/

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mckerryhimself.bsky.social•118 days ago

We shouldn't be incensed about homeless camp sweeps, we should be enraged that homeless camps need to exist. Prior to Ronald Reagan, they didn't. What Elon & Lyin Donald are being allowed to do right now is the end game of the Republican war of the people of the United States of America.

noacttoosmall.com•118 days ago

Heart breaking to consider

asiafields.bsky.social•118 days ago

And here's more information about how we did this reporting, including tips and lessons we learned from community experts. https://www.propublica.org/article/reporting-on-homelessness-responsibly-guide-propublica

coffeemalted.bsky.social•118 days ago

📌

why2cake.bsky.social•118 days ago

Thank you for this work.

maryshannonthomas.bsky.social•117 days ago

Such an important and thoughtful piece. Exactly the journalism we need right now. Well done.

gwynplaine2024.bsky.social•117 days ago

For years NYC has used the Dept. of Sanitation to collect the belongings of the homeless and dump them in landfills with the rest of the city's trash. The owners stand on the sidewalk pleading to keep the only possessions that they have in this world, to no avail.
I have witnessed this myself.🥹

annie-flanagan.bsky.social•118 days ago

M. M. M. Xdxxzz mmmmm

Mm

eaos.bsky.social•117 days ago

Thank you for bringing attention to the cruelty of the system we live in

clquimby.bsky.social•118 days ago

These statements break my heart. For those with so little to lose it all is just so morally wrong.

thiafin.bsky.social•118 days ago

😪💔

solokia.bsky.social•118 days ago

Thank you for this important work and telling these stories, which sadly never make the news. 💔 I hope one day will come, far from the current dystopia, where the US will ensure inequality gets down to a reasonable level and people can live in good conditions with social safety nets.

firefly1800.bsky.social•117 days ago

Heartbreaking that rather than lend a hand they take away what little they have.

frostybought.bsky.social•117 days ago

Thank you for reporting on this.

Anyone that supports sweeps has never tried to get a government ID or birth certificate while not having a legal address.

How do you get a job without an ID?

neferteti.bsky.social•117 days ago

Every person should read these cards. The one about the ashes is particularly heart breaking, well all of them, but that one ugh.

sweetmalka.bsky.social•118 days ago

This could happen to any of us reading these heartbreaking comments.

loverhersports50.bsky.social•118 days ago

💔 😢 😭

madmamabear.bsky.social•113 days ago

These make me cry. No one deserves this. In my small community we have been fighting to keep a warming shelter open ( Flathead valley MT). Luckily the Institute for Justice stepped in to help.

rrhd.bsky.social•117 days ago

Why is it not theft when cops do it? How can stealing everything someone owns in the world be an ethical act?

frostybought.bsky.social•117 days ago

Nothing is a crime when a cop does it, unless it upsets a higher ranking cop.

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