Homeless man gets 15 years for stealing $100 !!!!
A homeless man robbed a Louisiana bank and took a $100 bill. After feeling remorseful, he surrendered to police the next day. The judge sentenced him to 15 years in prison.
Isn’t a person realizing the “errors of his/her ways” what the whole so-called justice [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Homeless Man Gets 15 Years for Stealing (and returning) $100
Posted in class war, homeless, houseless, press releases, racism on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sleep Deprivation is “Significant Evil” (quotes from 1998 CA court)
Posted in Uncategorized on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Sleep is a physiological need, not an option for humans. It is common knowledge that loss of sleep produces a host of physical and mental problems (mood irritability, energy drain and low motivation, slow reaction time, inability to concentrate and process information). Certainly, no one would suggest that a groggy truck driver who stops [...]
Harrassment of Houseless People in Southern Humboldt continues
Posted in class war, homeless, houseless, human rights, northern california, updates on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This letter was probably rejected as a Letter to the Editor, so we put it here! Note: People in SoHum (Redway, Garberville) are often picked up, brought almost 2 hours away to Eureka, cited, and released to the street with no way back home and no survival gear that they were carrying. All over [...]
ACLU of Southern CA Suing City of Laguna Beach for Its “No Sleeping” Ordinance- UNCONSTITUTIONAL & DISCRIMINATORY
Posted in civil liberties, class war, homeless, houseless, human rights, illegality of sleeping ban, northern california, press releases, rights, updates on January 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit on Dec. 23, 2008 against the City of Laguna Beach, its council members and police department on behalf of the homeless people of Laguna Beach. The suit claims that the city’s anti-sleeping ordinances result in an unconstitutional harassment of homeless people. The city’s police illegally [...]
EMERGENCY- Need Safe Sleeping Spaces
Posted in Eureka, CA, People Project, homeless, houseless, human rights, northern california on January 15, 2009 | 4 Comments »
[originally posted Jan 4th, please read now!]
Cold weather, especially over an extended period of time, takes a heavy toll on the health and well-being of the most vulnerable members in our community.
Recently, a small household in Eureka, made its garage available as a safe sleeping space for people with no shelter. The household and a [...]
GRUB-N-GRAB: dignified and SHARING space, disrupting social relations based on money, inspiring respect. Grub-n-Grab’s are NO HOAX
Posted in Eureka, CA, People Project, autonomy, class war, coverage of PEOPLE PROJECT, grub -n- grab, northern california, updates on January 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
These are 3 accounts from the January 6, 2008 Grub-n-Grab.
News from Wabash and UNion (EKA)
Grub and Grab, January 6 2009
Eureka,CA
A Grub and Grab is the creation of our imaginations, where we practice what we preach and live our dreams of community. Without any financial burdens, we reclaim a neighborhood space where we can allow for [...]
Reno Dismantles Makeshift Homeless Encampment
Posted in campground, civil liberties, class war, homeless, houseless, human rights, illegality of sleeping ban, northern california, rights, veterans on January 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Reno Dismantles Makeshift Homeless Encampment
By Jeff DeLong • jdelong@rgj.com • January 10, 2009
Crews on Friday dismantled a makeshift encampment set up outside
Reno’s homeless shelter on Record Street, leading to complaints by
some living there that they now have no place to go.
Beginning about 8 a.m., city workers removed tents, sleeping bags,
tarps, slabs of cardboard and other [...]
Sheriff Correctional Officer LANE Takes Jail Crews to Destroy Houseless Persons’ Property
Posted in Eureka, CA, civil liberties, class war, homeless, houseless, human rights, northern california, rights on January 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Talking with men who have worked on the CalTrans crews while incarcerated at the Humboldt County Correctional Facility [jail],we learn that Correctional Officer LANE (who recently trained another correctional officer for his job running CalTrans crew) regularly destroys the camps and belongings of houseless persons. In addition, LANE has committed other crimes against houseless [...]
