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COMMAND CENTER: POLICE RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS – Coalition on Homelessness San Francisco

The cold winter winds whipped under the freeway overpass and a piece of paper tied to a green tent with a rubber band flapped in the wind. In big bold lettering the message on the paper read: “RESOLUTION DAY: TUES.…

People Go on Trial for Survival Ban April 4th, 2017

When: April 4th (and likely 5th and 6th), Press Conference at 7:15am, 8am-5pm(ish) 2017 Where: Lindsay Flanagan Courthouse (520 w Colfax Ave Denver CO 80204) On April 4th, 2017 at 8am the Lindsay Flanigan Courthouse Jerry Burton, Terese Howard and…

Videos of Camping Ban Enforcement Since March

Camping Ban enforcement is up 500% since March. Watch these sample videos of what is happening every day now in Denver… You cannot sweep away homelessness. We need rest. We are not “camping,” we are surviving. The city can’t…

Please watch this video of the City unable to return Thomas his property after the sweeps.

Please watch this video of the City unable to return Thomas his property after the sweeps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zpVAolnHCk&feature=youtu.be The notices from the City of Denver concerning the sweeps beginning March 8th state the following: “Encumbrances that remain in the public right…

When the BIDs attack us, we strike back

September 30th marked the first day of the annual International Downtown Association conference at the Marriott in San Francisco. The conference was full of workshops geared towards increasing business success in downtowns all over the US and Canada as well…

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Essay: What I learned about police while homeless

whyy.org

When I lost my sublet and joined the community of people living at a fixed address, I found that police perceived me as a danger.

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This guy's story is all too common, but one part of it that's not mentioned is what happened to his 6th Amendment right to counsel from the time of his very first court date? Seems that competent counsel could have prevented this horror from the beginning, and it's a fact that right to counsel failures are systemic all across the country, especially in the context of indigent people being brought up on petty and even unconstitutional charges.