http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/12/20/3079971/homeless-violence/
John Berry, 64, a Vietnam veteran who lived without a home in Anaheim. Stabbed to death. Billy Rajah Jr., 47, a Salinas man living on the streets. Ran over by a man who decided that once wasn’t enough, so he ran over Rajah again, killing him. Pedro Ramos, 32, homeless in Houston. A group of teenagers shot him and took his wallet. He had $1.
The victims’ crimes: being poor.Over the past 14 years, there have been at least 1,328 violent hate crimes perpetrated against homeless individuals, according to a new report. Of those, 357 people were killed.These attacks are “believed to be motivated by the perpetrators’ bias against homeless individuals or their ability to target homeless people with relative ease,” according to the National Coalition for the Homeless’ new report, Senseless Violence: A Survey of Hate Crimes/Violence against the Homeless in 2012.It’s important to note that these statistics likely undercount reality, since many acts of violence against homeless people go unreported.In 2012, there were 88 homeless people who were victims of hate crimes, 18 of whom lost their lives. While most victims are middle-aged men, the typical attacker is a male less than 20 years old.
this is how the self proclaimed greatest country in the world ranks in it's treatment of those less fortunate, we really need to change politicians who refuse to look out for these people some vets Bill O'reilly claimed there were no homeless vets in America but that is the right wing denial they claimed to care and look out for them, they lied but who's keeping count they have not built a computer with that much memory.
now they are victims 3 times over the war, broken promises for care and prey to those who they fought to protect, thank you, and merry Christmas you SOB's.
On Saturday, December 21, they and other groups will honor Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day, a day where people across the country will gather to remember all homeless people who died this past year. In Washington, D.C., for instance, advocates will hold an all-night vigil in Freedom Plaza beginning the night of December 20, followed by a memorial service at 9:30 am the following morning. Click here for more information.
well intentioned but they should hold vigils at their congresspersons office and keep it up through the 2014 midterms, they are the one's who can put in motion change we can only put in motion a change of mind but isn't that where it begins?
