{"id":13200,"date":"2019-10-15T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T13:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-537697-2997182.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=13200"},"modified":"2022-10-09T07:17:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T11:17:41","slug":"crime-against-homeless-people-continues-to-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress-537697-2997182.cloudwaysapps.com\/crime-against-homeless-people-continues-to-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Crime Against Homeless People Continues to Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"
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States are working to name homeless people a governmentally protected group and passing Homeless Bills of Rights<\/h2>\n

Getting away with murder proves a difficult feat in the age of modern technology with surveillance cameras capturing billions of tiny pixelated pieces of evidence in rotating lenses at every turn. Yet, homeless people, who are statistically more surveilled than any other type of person on the planet, get murdered all the time, while the perpetrators roam free.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

One example of this is the case of Kelly Thomas<\/a>.<\/strong> He was a homeless man whose life was brutally taken by three law enforcement officers from the Fullerton, California Police Department. The incident leading up to his death is every bit as gruesome as something you might see in a horror movie, complete with gloves, taunting, tasers, and the final screams of the man choking to death on his own blood.<\/p>\n

Kelly Thomas expired in a hospital bed about five days after sustaining a broken face and compressed thorax. The officers accused of murdering him were caught on camera. The undeniable evidence was even followed up by eyewitness testimonials. Yet they never spent a minute in a cell for the crime. It wasn\u2019t even classified as a hate-crime. This incident serves as further proof that authority figures classify homeless people as being even lower than animals and eventually, the rest of the world does the same.<\/p>\n

Violent Attacks Against Homeless People are Still Escalating<\/h4>\n

These attacks have steadily increased each year for 20 years on end. You won\u2019t see their faces on television or hear their stories in the media, as news on homelessness only accounts for .002% of the media\u2019s programmed agenda. But these crimes fueled by hatred are happening nonetheless.<\/p>\n

Studies show that when people attack members of the homeless population, 25% of the victims die. Perhaps this is why, in the UK, a homeless person passes away about every 19 hours<\/a>. Crimes against the homeless population are some of the most heinous crimes imaginable. Common attacks include, but are not limited to:<\/p>\n