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On Sat, 13 Apr 2024 14:03:55 -0000 (UTC)
"Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

> Uptown viaduct fire reminder of hazards to homeless: 'There really is
> no peace'
> By Caroline Kubzansky and Rebecca Johnson
> Chicago Tribune
> April 13, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.
> https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/13/uptown-viaduct-fire-reminder-of-hazards-to-homeless-there-really-is-no-peace/
> 
> Despite the headline, we learn IN THE THIRD PARAGRAPH that the hazard
> in question to other homeless people was from a homeless woman who,
> with either reckless disregard or murderous intent, set her own tent
> on fire, which led to all the other tents catching fire fire. Note
> that one of the homeless men interviewed stated that the area under
> the viaduct is usually fried, so there are fires set repeatedly.

"The area under the viaduct is usually fried": what exactly does that
mean? I assume that the area isn't literally fried but I'm not sure what
euphemism you're attempting here.

> 
> That headline was misleading, and I'd say who set the fire should have
> been stated in the first paragraph.
> 
> In paragraph six, the murder of a well-known homeless man (who walked
> without disturbing others rather than just sitting in a doorway) was
> conflated. But the crime against him was attempted murder by someone
> who was not homeless; he was set on fire while sleeping. It became a
> murder as he later died of injuries sustained.
> 
> This was just bad reporting entirely. The danger from homeless
> encampments under viaducts is that one or more individuals will set
> fires, and fires spread. Gee. Fires can even destroy viaducts. Maybe
> allowing "permanent" encampments once people start fires is
> horrifically bad public policy.

There was a major fire in a homeless encampment close to the Kitchener
and Cambridge boundary. It's a miracle there weren't some
fatalities. There's a homeless encampment in Kitchener that is very
close to the transit hub that is supposed to be built that has serious
problems with rats. The residents have also done significant property
damage to nearby businesses. The city and region have tried to evict
them but when it went to court, the judge was persuaded that the
residents couldn't be evicted because it violated their rights under
the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. That case now serves as a precedent
for the whole country making it hard to do much about homeless
encampments. 

Three cheers for our bleeding-heart activist judges: fooey! fooey!
fooey!
-- 
Rhino