LOS ANGELES—Saying such individuals posed a threat to the safety and security of all city residents, the Los Angeles Police Department announced Thursday that it had arrested everyone who lost their home in the ongoing wildfires. “In the interest of maintaining public order, I have instructed my officers to round up any suspicious person whose […]
  • some_designer_dude@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    13 days ago

    So a bunch of people just lost everything and their governments and other support programs have left them to die?

    It’s as if they’re trying to farm Luigi’s…

  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    14 days ago

    I mean… entirely seriously, the LAPD probably will end up arresting a whole lot of them within 2 years.

    They’re homeless.

    They’ve lost their home, they won’t be getting reimbursed anywhere near what they’ve lost, they’ve been absent from work, might lose their jobs, their credit scores likely just tanked, it’ll be harder for them to find a rental, their cars burned down, can’t live in a burned down car, they’re at least mentally traumatized, if not physically injured.

    With the exception of the wealthier Palisades folks, a whole lot of these people will end up homeless, and are thus likely to be arrested for attempting to exist while homeless.

    I’m convinced this is the plan of the powers that be in the US, to ‘deal with’ more and more disasters from climate change:

    Ew, you’re homeless, get a job or fuck off and die, ick.

  • Lord Wiggle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    13 days ago

    To be fair, here in The Netherlands they arrest homeless people when it’s really cold so they can sleep inside at the police station instead of freezing to death on the streets. So it isn’t such a weird satirical story to be honest.

      • Lord Wiggle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        12 days ago

        There are no charges. So there is no record. It’s called “arrested” for the paperwork, bureaucracy, but they are free to choose to not go. But what homeless person would deny a bed and warm meals when it’s freezing. They aren’t treated as arrested people in America. I don’t know about the rest of the country, but in my city the police is forced to do so by the municipality. Our mayor is pro squatting too. “If you don’t want sqatters in your building, you should have made sure it wasn’t empty. There’s a housing crisis, you should have created living space. But you didn’t, so the squatters did.” Keep in mind, squatters have a lot of rights in the Netherlands. Somewhat equal rights (even more in some way) compared to renters (which is much more than renters in the US). You can’t evict squatters or renters in NL without a court order, which doesn’t come easy.

  • Nednarb44@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    14 days ago

    Fuck me, I actually laughed out loud. That’s so dumb, but honestly I would not be surprised if started happening (to a certain demographic anyway)

    • MissingMongoose@lemm.eeEnglish
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      14 days ago

      See, putting it in that way makes it seem absurd. But if you consider the fact that some of these people that lost their homes may not be able to recover from that, and may end up on the street, it becomes much more likely