1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 1: Where or ware is the mayor? Probably in a dark 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:08,119 Speaker 1: room planting are scared to put more people in the streets, 3 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:11,800 Speaker 1: get more cops on the beat, Where or where is 4 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: the mayor? People are starving, no food to eat. All 5 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: the while mayor g myke fear, display two face good will, 6 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 1: cranking out more anti unhoused bills. You know the ones, 7 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: the ones that kill propaganda, put the public in an 8 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: angry panic. Support cops who are tribu caver manics. Meanwhile, 9 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: three day unhoused people die, My fear a city attorney, 10 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: smile and lie What lie helped me force forty one 11 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 1: to eighteen so they can not be seen. Put one 12 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:48,520 Speaker 1: class of unhoused against each other to justify killing, jailing 13 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: our brother. How many die or surviving a LA Will 14 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 1: it be more than three or we will extend forty 15 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: one to eighteen. That's why we unhouse joints this fight 16 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,319 Speaker 1: because the time is always right to do what it's right. 17 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 1: This is Deil Henderson from Weed in House. Thank you 18 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 1: for joining us for a three part series of you 19 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 1: Know Your Rights episodes. We're combining the sweeps and they 20 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 1: Know Your Rights because it's a pivotal and timely because 21 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: of the forced relocation and displacement of unhoused residents in 22 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 1: Venice and all over across Los Angeles due to some 23 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 1: of the political candidates that are coming to town the 24 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: pressure from the Trump administration of putting unhoused people in 25 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 1: concentration camp. Which brings us to one of the ideas 26 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 1: or thoughts that I want to display today. This is 27 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:47,319 Speaker 1: a poem that says, rise up this day without the 28 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 1: sleeping bag. I'm just somebody up early in the morning, 29 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 1: sitting under a tree. With the sleeping bag, I'm nobody 30 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 1: up early sitting under a tree. A slight but important 31 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: difference in how I'll be perceived. This is the type 32 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: of narratives and stories that you will hear from unhoused 33 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: residents such as Siira Allison, Devin Ramon, and Gerrimo. But first, 34 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 1: let's get talked about a little bit of the unhoused 35 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 1: news that's pertinent today. So unhoused news is from Eubus, California. 36 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 1: A sleeping unhoused man was pulled from his car and 37 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: attacked with the acts by two men in Hawaii. Police 38 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 1: officer admits of forcing an unhoused man to lick a 39 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 1: urinal to avoid arrests. In Miami, Florida, an unhoused man 40 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: was shot and killed in his sleep. In other news, 41 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: president Trump would cut over five hundred thousand people's snapped 42 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 1: food stamp cards. Many are in housed and will be 43 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: affected as well as the disabled. On the same news, 44 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:49,520 Speaker 1: seventy mayors reject President Trump's proposal. Mayor Garciti was not 45 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: one of them. What Mayor gar City is part of, 46 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: as well as the city attorney bike fearor is is 47 00:02:55,480 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 1: upholding or knocking down the decision versus Mark Martin versus Boise. 48 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 1: They filed in Amica's brief complaining about their limitations in 49 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: enforcing and running out unhoused people where they sleep. At 50 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 1: many times they claiming that unhoused people are criminals or predators, 51 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 1: that they cannot sleep in parks, sidewalks or schools, or 52 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:24,959 Speaker 1: they upholding the traffic. In other news that memorial services 53 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 1: were held in Chatsworth for her beloved resident, unhoused resident 54 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:32,359 Speaker 1: Janis Brock sixty five, who was killed in a fatal 55 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: car crash. Cher also passed away in Chadsworth area NAS 56 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: name unknown. She died of complications of hypothermia in skid 57 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: Row area. Daniel, last name unknowed. He'd also passed away 58 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 1: three weeks ago of hypothermia, as well as Annie, who 59 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 1: was at in stage cancer. In memorial a ninety two 60 00:03:56,560 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: year old Linda, a unhoused resident who was found starved 61 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: to death in an abandoned building after the food pantry 62 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: that she attended and was fed closed, and which is 63 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 1: very important today, I would like to talk about this 64 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 1: earlier part of this week. The Supreme Court refuses to 65 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 1: listen to and let stands the Ninth Circuit Court's decision 66 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 1: on cruel and Unusual punishment with the Martin versus Boys 67 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 1: the case. As you are undoubtedly aware that City Attorney 68 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:33,160 Speaker 1: Mike Feurer and Board of Supervisors and the city council 69 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 1: members have been pushing for this to resume their criminal 70 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: activities of penalizing and criminalizing unhouse people under the auspices 71 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: of saying that they are carrying a concern. We've had 72 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 1: several sweeps that are occurring, and one of them that's 73 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: occurring today by the officials in retaliation to the supporting 74 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: court decision. So, without further ado, let us hear what 75 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:58,479 Speaker 1: these stories about her, what it feels like to be 76 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 1: swept away, and today he sweeps. Right now, I'm walking 77 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 1: across the street from the park to interview a couple 78 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: more n the house people and find out their situation 79 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: and how they feel about the sweat sweep. Okay, here 80 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 1: me and get get this down on pre posterity. This 81 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 1: is the Henderson and I am across the street interviewing. 82 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: What's your name, sir? Terrence? Well, Terrence? What what happened yesterday? Uh? 83 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 1: It was a park ranger clean up? Apparently they wanted 84 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,919 Speaker 1: to clean up this part of the part that we 85 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:47,159 Speaker 1: live in. And I guess the cleanup was us leaving 86 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 1: that area. Was it supposed to be Was it supposed 87 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:54,160 Speaker 1: to be today or yesterday? Or it was supposed to 88 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 1: be today? No, yesterday? Okay, so on the four because 89 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:08,600 Speaker 1: but where they came and everything? So, so how many minutes? 90 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 1: How long? What amount of time did they give you 91 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:16,280 Speaker 1: to move? We weren't here? No, No, that didn't give 92 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 1: us any time. So what happened was they're supposed to 93 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 1: come tomorrow on that spare, but it rained, and that's 94 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 1: an act of God. What didn't happen was the secondary 95 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,920 Speaker 1: notice of what we should do. So under normal assumptions. 96 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: We assumed, all right, we'll just live our life. We 97 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 1: go to the church to collect something, right, it was 98 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:35,040 Speaker 1: a free giveaway during the church had and spent on 99 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: the week books on the weeks. Right, So we go there, 100 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 1: come back all of our stuff's missing, not all of 101 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 1: a lot of it, it's missing and these things and 102 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 1: yet no notice, no nothing. This angers me because I too, 103 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 1: I'm away near the alpine park, and the fact that 104 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 1: I've had this very same thing happened to me just 105 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 1: really ticks me off. But I truly understand. I've had 106 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 1: to move my things and they never cleaned. They kept 107 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 1: it there just to keep me out like any other 108 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 1: unhoused person. They didn't even clean, they didn't even claim. 109 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,719 Speaker 1: This is a tactic that Mitchell Pharaoh and any of 110 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 1: the other council members do deliberately to displays unhoused people. 111 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: I see one of another residents that I interview a 112 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: while ago, Bob, what uh do you? What happened with 113 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 1: your stuff? Well, they broke my phone. I have about 114 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 1: six thousand dollars worth of brand new clothes that are 115 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 1: running because they threw it in the fucking mud. They 116 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 1: put me in handcuffs for forty five minutes because I 117 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 1: was gonna kill the son of little bitch. And I'm 118 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 1: sorry to hear that. I can understand you upset because 119 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 1: I have ten tenths that they broke in half because 120 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 1: they're no good. People can't live in them now. And 121 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 1: I will not accept the smaller tent than what I 122 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 1: had because my stuff will not fit in it. My 123 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 1: apologies of that. So Mitchell Pharaoh was set just and 124 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 1: formed just in farming the city at the Sea Hall yesterday, 125 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 1: that they haven't happened a bunch of my stuff? How 126 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 1: much money work? I broke my pothes, I got all 127 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 1: my clothes in the mud worked like how much do 128 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: you think? I got over three thousand dollars worth of 129 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 1: clothes in there if you if you go by, all 130 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 1: my stuff's got brand new tags on us. Mitchell Ferrell 131 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 1: just stated to the public that they don't have enough 132 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: money for housing for unhoused people. But yet sometime they 133 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 1: found two hundred and fifty eight million dollars for police, 134 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 1: more police after they haven't already a bloated budget, a 135 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:40,440 Speaker 1: police budget. So where is this money going? That? I 136 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 1: wonder where this money is going? I got a feeling, 137 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: we know it's right on this police sweep, said these 138 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:48,959 Speaker 1: kind of ridiculous raids. Thank you Bob, and thank you Terrence, 139 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 1: and I forgot your name him. I am in as well. 140 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 1: I'm going to go down and interview a few more 141 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 1: people just to see what their reactions to this ridiculous 142 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:03,960 Speaker 1: sweep was. Yeah, what are your thoughts out there? Lotto 143 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 1: said they were gonna get tents, but I ain't seen 144 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 1: nobody from lots of one o'clock this afternoon. Well, good 145 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 1: luck on that came up. Man. My name is Steel Henderson. 146 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:18,320 Speaker 1: Is that okay? Here recorded? My name is Stele Henderson, 147 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:21,319 Speaker 1: and I'm going to ask an interview. How do they 148 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 1: feel what happened here today? So can you give us 149 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 1: a brief description what happened to you? Well, I am 150 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 1: a youth, Tay. I've been going through the Solter system 151 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 1: for about eight months, in and out. I needed at ten, 152 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 1: so I went to go get me one. Eventually had 153 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: some money to save it up to go get intent 154 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:45,320 Speaker 1: at least. So it was confusing to me because I 155 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 1: didn't know that. I mean, I thought the park was 156 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 1: public property. I thought that this would be somewhere where 157 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:52,559 Speaker 1: we can go put our tents up, you know, and 158 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 1: didn't go find somewhere to go shower, put our stuff 159 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 1: that we need and our necessary needs at that moment. 160 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 1: You know, I I don't really expect people of money, 161 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 1: people who bring us stuff to take those stuff away, 162 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 1: throw it away and be the responsible of it. I 163 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:11,560 Speaker 1: just feel like they're just picking on us at this point. 164 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 1: I have to share that set of bit for you. 165 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:19,120 Speaker 1: How long have you been in house? I've been in 166 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 1: house for almost a year and a half. How did 167 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 1: you get to this situation? Some have illness, some have yeah, 168 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 1: mental health. I just have a few mental health issues 169 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:32,959 Speaker 1: that I'm working through. I'm trying my best, but it's 170 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 1: hard when you get people kicking you out every five 171 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:37,440 Speaker 1: seconds because you don't have a job or you don't 172 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 1: have the means to get the income. But when you 173 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:42,440 Speaker 1: do have gr and they say, oh, well that's enough 174 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 1: to come into the shelter for thirty days or ninety days. 175 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 1: But that's not enough to you to get a job. 176 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 1: That's not enough for you to get your medication together. 177 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 1: Make sure you're not drowsy at work, make sure you're 178 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 1: not upset, or make sure you're not having to deal 179 00:10:56,640 --> 00:11:00,439 Speaker 1: with everybody else's drama that you live with. It's a 180 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 1: lot of stuff that goes on to be in these shelters. 181 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:05,600 Speaker 1: It's not just you have a bed all the time. 182 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:09,839 Speaker 1: Not to mention the draconian rules they have, every little 183 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 1: minor thing could result of you being expelled out of 184 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 1: the shelter. Have you experienced that any shelters. Yeah, a 185 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 1: lot of strict ruling. The last shelter or place of 186 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:25,559 Speaker 1: being I was supposed to be in was a program 187 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 1: off Avalon and it was a nice shelter to have us, 188 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 1: you know, for curfew. But if we didn't make it 189 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:33,440 Speaker 1: to our curfew at ten o'clock, then we would have 190 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:35,840 Speaker 1: to be sitting outside in the cold. Basically, So if 191 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:38,200 Speaker 1: you're trying to go find a job, if you're trying 192 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:41,080 Speaker 1: to come from way yonder to go get plasma, whatever 193 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 1: you're doing to go get your income, they're not going 194 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: to let you in on that day because you didn't 195 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 1: make it to his hand clock. I didn't come back. 196 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 1: You can come back, It's just that was that was ruling, 197 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:54,559 Speaker 1: because I mean I'll still be outside the cold, and 198 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,080 Speaker 1: I'll still have nowhere to go. See, this is the 199 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:00,559 Speaker 1: tiptoe stance that unhouse people undergo. And when you hear 200 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,960 Speaker 1: people talking about people don't want services, this is the 201 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 1: reality that they don't tell you about. So one of 202 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 1: the things what happened when you came this morning and 203 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 1: they found they had to move? What was going on? 204 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 1: I just found that I either got to go find 205 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:19,080 Speaker 1: somewhere on the sidewalk versus a park, which is like 206 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:21,560 Speaker 1: it's kind of cruel and unusual punishment because it's like 207 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 1: we can put it on the sidewalk and we can't 208 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: put it in the park. That makes no sense to me. 209 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 1: Which one would you rather be? If you were in 210 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 1: my shoes, you should rather be in the park, or 211 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:32,560 Speaker 1: would you rather be on a hard ground where you 212 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:36,560 Speaker 1: basically are hurting yourself and damaging your own body just 213 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:40,559 Speaker 1: by going to sleep? So I didn't get your name? 214 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:44,600 Speaker 1: What's your name, ma'am Soria? Soria Soria? I wanted to 215 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:47,679 Speaker 1: ask you wanted what would you want the audience or 216 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:51,680 Speaker 1: the viewers listeners to take away with this in helping you? 217 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:55,719 Speaker 1: How would they best help you? I don't know at 218 00:12:55,720 --> 00:13:00,200 Speaker 1: this point. Just try the best to see if can 219 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 1: vote for more housing for you know, youth for any 220 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 1: homeless youth or any homeless well I'm saying youth because 221 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:11,680 Speaker 1: I'm twenty two. Just give us more chances to show 222 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 1: that we can pay for their bills and we can 223 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:16,560 Speaker 1: get on a program and do the program. If we 224 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 1: would have the freedom in order to go to our 225 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:21,959 Speaker 1: appointments and freedom to do the things that we need 226 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 1: to do, and go get a job and make sure 227 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 1: we're in these programs and go to school. Like if 228 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 1: I had a stable place to be, I would be 229 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:30,520 Speaker 1: back in school. I just like, I know what I 230 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 1: would to do. I just need somewhere to be there. 231 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 1: You have it from the people that have experienced it, 232 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:41,560 Speaker 1: instead of well tressed lawmakers and angry residents that are 233 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 1: living in the house and have the affordability to sneer 234 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 1: and thumb their nose and punch down on the vaultable. 235 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 1: This is the reality that unhoused people face. Thank you 236 00:13:50,920 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 1: Agatting for listening. Thank you, thank you. Right, I'm here 237 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 1: down across the street from Echo Park and I'm discussing 238 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:17,320 Speaker 1: the aftermath of the sleep with the park rangers. So 239 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 1: I'm going to interview my friend We've had before. Uh, 240 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say Allison Allison. Right, and my friend I 241 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 1: can't always miss mis pronounce his name. He's gonna tell 242 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:39,080 Speaker 1: us the Von law, so you know, so can you 243 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 1: tell us what happened today with the sweeps? Uh? The 244 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 1: sweeps right, they'll be trying to slow sweep and no 245 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 1: believe your feet right because they Babylon. They rangers, but 246 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 1: they think they power rangers, but they work for Babylon, 247 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 1: but they're not even l A p D. So they 248 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 1: you know, they don't know their own power. So it's 249 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 1: just an internal world trying to control you know, God's 250 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:03,520 Speaker 1: nature is it's the lane. And then they drive. My 251 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 1: man David said, they're driving across the grass, the same 252 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 1: grass they're telling us to get off. So the rangers 253 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 1: throw away everybody's stuff. But they didn't even give time. 254 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:14,880 Speaker 1: While we was moving our stuff, they was throwing everybody 255 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:17,760 Speaker 1: else's stuff away, so it was like a tactic. Okay, 256 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 1: so when they moved this stuff, we need everything gone 257 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 1: in five minutes now, So that's what it seemed like. Crazy. 258 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 1: So what was your thoughts when this was going on? 259 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 1: My god, how inhuman? I mean, they weren't treating us 260 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 1: like we were people humans like them, like they didn't 261 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 1: recognize us at all, you know, so it just kind 262 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: of opened your eyes a little bit more to the 263 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:48,080 Speaker 1: realities of what's going on in this time. So what 264 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 1: would you think, what would you think this was coordinated? 265 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:52,800 Speaker 1: You think this was on purpose? I think it was 266 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 1: on purpose because it's they very consistent. If it's not 267 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 1: the police officers like Office or Scelario, if it's not 268 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 1: those kinds of guys, it's see, that's that confirmation. That 269 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 1: was the devil trying to intertwine, intervene the truth. But 270 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 1: God that mission always would stand. Uh yeah, as well 271 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 1: as it definitely was you know, intentional to because they 272 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 1: came by yesterday and you know, they were clearly not pleased. 273 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 1: They couldn't do anything. It was raining, and they said 274 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 1: to someone that as soon as it starts to shine, 275 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 1: they're going to keep them out of the park, and 276 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 1: so they did just that day. That was So where 277 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 1: do they expect you guys to go when they throw 278 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 1: you out? That's they don't care. They don't care. They 279 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:40,200 Speaker 1: actually told Jed, they actually told Jed, you're the only 280 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 1: one that think that people. You know, we're coming here. 281 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 1: We came here to get needles. But nobody over here 282 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 1: does meth. This is actually like a you know, a 283 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 1: family that so he actually said that you're only one 284 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 1: that think they're people. Yeah, one of the officer of 285 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 1: power rangers, one of the park rangers said, one of 286 00:16:57,640 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 1: them said, because you know they acting like the cops 287 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 1: but they're not. You know, but uh fuse identity. But 288 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:06,320 Speaker 1: they told Jed yo, you don't know when they think 289 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:08,480 Speaker 1: they people. We can't make it needles, you know, in 290 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 1: that round. Oh my goodness, this is crazy. I'm just 291 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 1: I'm just amazed at the inhumanity that the city officials 292 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:21,119 Speaker 1: elect these people and the societies elect these people to 293 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:23,480 Speaker 1: be able to do these kind of things. So, is 294 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:25,920 Speaker 1: there any messages you want to leave with the listeners 295 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:32,720 Speaker 1: to about this. Well, become more aware and more compassionate 296 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 1: of your human family. You know, it's about the human race, 297 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 1: you know, so think more about that so we can 298 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:41,639 Speaker 1: actually share with each other and understand what you know, 299 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:46,439 Speaker 1: we're going through. Yeah. Well, yes, thank you guys. I 300 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 1: appreciate all of you guys, what you guys have done, 301 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 1: and you guys are very resilient and very kind to 302 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 1: give the time and your hearts to tell me your 303 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:57,120 Speaker 1: guy's a story. I'm very grateful. This is THEO Henderson 304 00:17:57,119 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 1: from weedy On House, and I urge all of us 305 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:01,879 Speaker 1: to think of us as we are all part of 306 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:04,879 Speaker 1: the human family. Our blood blue read just as you 307 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:07,160 Speaker 1: and the sun rises and sets on all of us. 308 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:25,480 Speaker 1: So just remember that I'm interviewing a gentleman that lives 309 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:27,399 Speaker 1: in his van. But he's telling us what happened at 310 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:31,439 Speaker 1: Echo Park? Can you tell us what I didn't mean 311 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:34,680 Speaker 1: to say? What happened today at Echo Park? What did 312 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:37,880 Speaker 1: you see? Well, the rangers came and pick up everybody's 313 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 1: belongs and ptish someone in the trash. So these people 314 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 1: had to move out because they say they're going to spray. 315 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 1: But these people waiting in the streets until they live 316 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:54,919 Speaker 1: in until three o'clock. He and so they move in 317 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:59,239 Speaker 1: and say again into the park was a scary Did 318 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 1: they come like they come yesterday? I heard they came 319 00:19:01,359 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 1: to the rain. They just put some kind of signs 320 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 1: in each one of those things, so they let people 321 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 1: know they're gonna spray in the park, so everybody has 322 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: to move. Yeah, so seven to seven they have these 323 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:20,359 Speaker 1: signs that they were going to come and spray in 324 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 1: the park and run people out of the park. They 325 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:25,879 Speaker 1: did it in the rain yesterday, right. Yeah. Also you 326 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:31,160 Speaker 1: stay You told me you stay in your vehicle, your van. Yeah? 327 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:33,159 Speaker 1: Is it better than stay down the street in the 328 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:36,720 Speaker 1: van or is it easier? Well, it's not easy to 329 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:39,359 Speaker 1: live in an event because it's too small, and it's 330 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,560 Speaker 1: be able to have something outside so and more comfortable. 331 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 1: Do the police hassle you when you're in your van? Uh? Yeah? 332 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:50,960 Speaker 1: They say nobody can sleep in the car, so I 333 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:55,359 Speaker 1: had to just close and sleep sometimes and outside in 334 00:19:55,359 --> 00:19:58,399 Speaker 1: the street. It's harder in the van than the street. 335 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:01,920 Speaker 1: So do you what do you do for with gas? 336 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 1: How do you have enough for the gas or to 337 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:06,879 Speaker 1: move it? Well, sometimes I have to ask for money 338 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 1: to buy some gas so I can move it up 339 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 1: inside back when this is street cleaning and stuff. But 340 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 1: it's hard. I agree. I have a podcast of dealing 341 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:20,320 Speaker 1: with individuals and that lives in their vehicles. So what 342 00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:22,880 Speaker 1: we're trying to do. There is an ordinance on hand 343 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 1: as like the eighty five oh two, and it's a 344 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:27,640 Speaker 1: band that keep on people from sleeping in their vans. 345 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:32,640 Speaker 1: What do you think do you think that's a good idea? Oh? Yeah, yeah, 346 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 1: it is. You think it's a good idea of st 347 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:36,680 Speaker 1: them to stop from people to sleeping in their van. 348 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:40,520 Speaker 1: I mean no, no, it's not good because if people 349 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 1: they don't have the way to go play to sleep, 350 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:46,680 Speaker 1: so they got to sleep in their cars, right. I agree. 351 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:49,159 Speaker 1: I was at city hall yesterday and they stated that 352 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:52,400 Speaker 1: they don't have enough money for people to find housing 353 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 1: and things like that. What do you think about that? Well, 354 00:20:56,200 --> 00:21:00,440 Speaker 1: I think they have, but they promise so many to 355 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 1: people they have housing and stuff, and they come as questions, 356 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:08,480 Speaker 1: but I never see something happen as you'll just saying 357 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:13,480 Speaker 1: I didn't get your name? What's your answer? Garrimo? Thank 358 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:16,640 Speaker 1: you again for taking the time to ask ask these questions. 359 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:18,960 Speaker 1: Can I ask a couple more questions? How did you 360 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 1: get out here? What happened to you? Well? Well up, 361 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:26,360 Speaker 1: and it's just we have to go to places they 362 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 1: can feed people, ticket showers because the showers in the 363 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 1: restaurants the rectum in the park is closed, and also 364 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 1: there's very close. There's many people get sick. That happened 365 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:42,680 Speaker 1: to me. I stay at the park down further down 366 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 1: and Shining Town at times, but I can't stay all 367 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 1: the time because the police housled me. It's just as 368 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:49,560 Speaker 1: like like you guys and the park rangers have been 369 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:52,120 Speaker 1: harassing me too. So I was going to say, because 370 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:55,360 Speaker 1: I have to wait around to do you guys have 371 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 1: problems with like going to the having showers or bathrooms here? Well, 372 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 1: sometimes it's too difficult because they sometimes close the restrooms 373 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 1: in the nighttime. And when sometimes when we went to 374 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:15,280 Speaker 1: the to the restaurants or or McDonald's and stuff, people 375 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 1: complain about people getting over over there and without buying anything. 376 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:23,920 Speaker 1: Do they complain about what do you do when you 377 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:27,080 Speaker 1: have a top the shower? Because I know for where 378 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:29,280 Speaker 1: we are in park, people come to our park the 379 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 1: showering things and people complain what happened? Well, I just 380 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 1: get a bucket and get to the by the sinks 381 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:40,719 Speaker 1: outside the restrooms and not put put fill it up 382 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 1: the backet, and I do in the toilet side taking 383 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 1: my shower. Thank you, Carmo. I'm going to ask my 384 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:54,959 Speaker 1: presence did they tell everybody? Yes, because they yesterday they 385 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:57,720 Speaker 1: did it. They said that they were spraying something and 386 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 1: right now I'm investigating rinding out. Hopefully they can come back. 387 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 1: And I'm trying to because my friends I had a 388 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,159 Speaker 1: couple of friends the place was it the library? They 389 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:08,640 Speaker 1: were going to make a place where people could put 390 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:11,679 Speaker 1: their chance, like a lot. Well that got me because 391 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:14,520 Speaker 1: the public reaction. You know, people don't want it in 392 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:18,080 Speaker 1: their neighborhoods, so they complained about it. Yes, and the 393 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 1: exactly I don't want exactly that's exactly the same thing. 394 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 1: I'm so sorry. So I'm here by interviewing a resident 395 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:44,719 Speaker 1: of Eco Park who were asked to a couple of questions. 396 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:46,920 Speaker 1: My name is Deo Henderson from Weed the Young House. 397 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:51,760 Speaker 1: What's your name? Man? Constance Franklin, I love your dogs. 398 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:56,720 Speaker 1: By the way, she came by a concerned resident, concerned 399 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:58,600 Speaker 1: that none of that. They ran off the un housed 400 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 1: and we were just having a discussion about how they 401 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 1: do this. And they came yesterday in the rain. We're 402 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 1: running off on house people, and then they came today. 403 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 1: What are your thoughts on about that? I Well, when 404 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:12,400 Speaker 1: I came by, I was like, this is horrible. I mean, here, 405 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:15,160 Speaker 1: you let these people stay, you know, and they get 406 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 1: comfortable and they get a community, and then the people 407 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 1: around know and then all of a sudden they go, Okay, goodbye, 408 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:23,960 Speaker 1: you're gone. I mean, it would be like, how would 409 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 1: anybody feel? This is these people's home. It's not ideal, 410 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:31,160 Speaker 1: but it's their home, it's their community, and it's upsetting. 411 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:35,119 Speaker 1: It's sad many people believe on house people are not 412 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 1: community residents. And another thing is have you ever moved before? Oh? Yeah, 413 00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:44,359 Speaker 1: and I don't want to. And I fear having to 414 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 1: move because of the high cost of living. And if 415 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 1: they ever had to sell where I had to live 416 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:52,600 Speaker 1: and whatever, I'd have to leave California and I'm a native. 417 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 1: And it's just a horrible situation all around. There's so 418 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:59,159 Speaker 1: many people that are being displaced, either from the city 419 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:02,120 Speaker 1: that they lived in or from the apartment. They're either 420 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 1: on the street or they're now living in excuse my language, 421 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:08,639 Speaker 1: you know, bump fuck Kansas, you know, or whatever. Just 422 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 1: too Yeah. My question is can you move and pack 423 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:14,040 Speaker 1: all of your things in ten minutes? Of course not, 424 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:18,399 Speaker 1: that is what the park Ranges and LAPD require unhoused 425 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:20,880 Speaker 1: people every time that they ask them to move a situation. 426 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:23,159 Speaker 1: And if you do not move all your things in 427 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:26,399 Speaker 1: ten minutes, what do you think happens? Well, what I 428 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:30,160 Speaker 1: saw this morning, and again that was shocking. There were 429 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:33,520 Speaker 1: sanitation trucks, and I couldn't figure out are these people 430 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:36,639 Speaker 1: here to help them or are these people here to 431 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 1: just shovel their stuff into the trash? Caaren, did you 432 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:44,760 Speaker 1: see any of this stuff being shoved with grimma? Yeah 433 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:47,960 Speaker 1: they did, they did, so I didn't see. I was 434 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 1: driving by when I saw this. So how do you 435 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 1: expect how do you think what a lot of unhoused 436 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:55,440 Speaker 1: people have a lot of their belongings and the most 437 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:58,119 Speaker 1: important papers. How do you think that would make a 438 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:01,960 Speaker 1: lot of unhoused people feel angry and they have to 439 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:04,920 Speaker 1: start all over again. Right, So then that just really 440 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,960 Speaker 1: doesn't help me down house. Think also, it would start 441 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 1: to make you feel hopeless, and it would be hard 442 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 1: to be motivated, because the truth is is there should 443 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 1: be people out here. There's money, there's supposed to be 444 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:20,720 Speaker 1: people units coming out and getting people in housing. Where 445 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:24,720 Speaker 1: are they There's all this money, and they're supposed to 446 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 1: be Like at Gilsiedia's office in different places these unitsies housing. 447 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:32,439 Speaker 1: There's a guy with MS down there and he's perfectly 448 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 1: you know, but he has nothing. He needs a social worker, 449 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:39,320 Speaker 1: he needs a medical plan, and he can barely walk. 450 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:42,840 Speaker 1: Who's you know? It's who can help him? Why isn't 451 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:45,480 Speaker 1: somebody out here to help him? They're here to help him, 452 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 1: move him out of the park, but they're not here 453 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:50,560 Speaker 1: they help him, try to find a decent places. People 454 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 1: that look like my grandmother. This wasn't you know, this 455 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:57,359 Speaker 1: is going to make me cry. This wasn't like this 456 00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:01,879 Speaker 1: ten years ago. In the United States of America. People 457 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:07,680 Speaker 1: should be liberal. I saw eighty years old. It was 458 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:10,399 Speaker 1: a human right. Healthcare is a human right. Food is 459 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:15,400 Speaker 1: a human right. Really basic stuff. Okay, that's it, really simple. 460 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:19,000 Speaker 1: Other countries can do it. Why can't we? I have 461 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:22,000 Speaker 1: to question answer for that. That's greed and capitalism, and 462 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:25,680 Speaker 1: we have a very hard hearted unfortunately from our society 463 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 1: believes that most of it in house people are on 464 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 1: drugs and they don't want help. Not true, that's so 465 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:33,720 Speaker 1: not true. Like this young man the MS, I think 466 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:37,440 Speaker 1: he smokes marijuana, big deal, you know, because because of pain. 467 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,680 Speaker 1: But I've never seen him on drugs. I've never seen 468 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 1: him drinking. Never. And then in fact, there was a 469 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:47,640 Speaker 1: show just recently on PBS that they did and there's 470 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:51,120 Speaker 1: about an Oregon because there's a homeless it's everywhere, there's 471 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:55,440 Speaker 1: a homeless problem there and most of these people are 472 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:58,119 Speaker 1: not on drugs, at least half of them. And you 473 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:00,240 Speaker 1: know what, you know what I want to say about that, 474 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:04,360 Speaker 1: even if they are on drugs or they have alcoholism, 475 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 1: they have an addiction problem, does that mean they should 476 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:10,440 Speaker 1: be homeless. It still means they should have a right 477 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,760 Speaker 1: to be housed. You know. Do you know what I'm saying? 478 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:19,359 Speaker 1: I don't like that judgment. Really. I agree, Yeah, I 479 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:24,159 Speaker 1: definitely agree. I have to say that there is a 480 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:27,719 Speaker 1: study that's just been released that many unhoused people that 481 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:30,919 Speaker 1: have you seen that's on drugs and drinking, they became 482 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:36,399 Speaker 1: drug addicted at drinking after they became unhoused before. Do 483 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:39,200 Speaker 1: you see You can see why they would be sure, 484 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 1: because it's very depressing. I mean, it takes a lot. 485 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 1: I saw the thing that was so horrible to me. 486 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 1: There was a young woman here. She looked like straight 487 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:49,800 Speaker 1: from Ohio or something. She couldn't have been more in 488 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:53,320 Speaker 1: her early twenties. I would definitely say she was schizophrenic. 489 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:56,040 Speaker 1: She was not on drugs, she was not drinking, she 490 00:28:56,080 --> 00:29:00,160 Speaker 1: was always kept very clean, but clearly she was mentally ill. 491 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,800 Speaker 1: It was horrifying to watch her with her little sleeping bag, 492 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:06,040 Speaker 1: and then people would bother her and she would leave. 493 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:07,680 Speaker 1: I haven't seen her around. I don't know what happened 494 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:09,400 Speaker 1: to her, but I going this is the apposite. You're 495 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 1: talking about a young twenty year old girl who's clearly 496 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:16,200 Speaker 1: I know a little bit about mental suffering from schizophrenia, 497 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:22,440 Speaker 1: sitting out here totally von't. I mean this. I'm sorry 498 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:26,200 Speaker 1: that was How disturbing is that she? How can she 499 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 1: help herself? She's mentally ill, she cannot you know, just 500 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 1: same thing when people are on drugs, how can they 501 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:37,200 Speaker 1: help themselves? You think that, oh, it's so easy to 502 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:40,560 Speaker 1: get off, but it's an addiction, so you need to 503 00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:44,040 Speaker 1: get them so they have treatment and you know whatever, 504 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:47,240 Speaker 1: I don't know the steps. Not only is that there's 505 00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:51,280 Speaker 1: a fight against harm reduction, because harm reduction because like 506 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:55,240 Speaker 1: anything like an illness that it requires steps, it doesn't magically, 507 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:58,840 Speaker 1: you don't magically become unaddicted. And even the community here 508 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,360 Speaker 1: is against harm reductions. What is your thoughts on it? 509 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:05,440 Speaker 1: Is this harm reduction sites? Harm reduction sites are giving 510 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 1: them a smaller get the wing them off the substance usage. 511 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:12,600 Speaker 1: They give them a substitute drug to get them off 512 00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:15,240 Speaker 1: from the stronger drugs so they can get treatment and 513 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:19,280 Speaker 1: get off the drug completely. Are you against harm reduction sites? No, 514 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:21,280 Speaker 1: I don't think so. I mean, if I feel like 515 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:26,440 Speaker 1: if it works, it definitely does. I don't know that 516 00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:29,880 Speaker 1: much about it, but if the research says and people 517 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:33,320 Speaker 1: people that have gone through this taken other drugs, It's 518 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:36,440 Speaker 1: like a when in the sixties it was methodon for 519 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:39,080 Speaker 1: people that were hooked on herod. And I know that 520 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:42,080 Speaker 1: methodon is actually a very awful drug and really hard 521 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:45,080 Speaker 1: to get off, but if it helped people do what 522 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:47,720 Speaker 1: they had to do, and I'm sure things have improved 523 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:51,880 Speaker 1: since the sixties and drugs have gotten a little bit 524 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:56,400 Speaker 1: better since then, right, So No, why would I Why 525 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:59,480 Speaker 1: would I think that was bad? Jama Is it very 526 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:04,520 Speaker 1: depressing be out here? Very very depression. The holidays are 527 00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:07,760 Speaker 1: coming up. What are your plans for the holiday? Camera, Well, 528 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:12,800 Speaker 1: without money, we can be happy just to wait the holidays, 529 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:17,080 Speaker 1: just walk around looking for jobs. It's very hard to 530 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:21,959 Speaker 1: get jobs right now because you know, but it is 531 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:26,360 Speaker 1: very depressible. How did you become a housema? What happened 532 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:35,040 Speaker 1: to you? Well? Did a long story? It's okay, take 533 00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:44,520 Speaker 1: your time my wife. She got a two more in 534 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:55,040 Speaker 1: the brain and there's the way we last at home. Sure, yeah, 535 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:58,920 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, right, so you know, I really I don't 536 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:00,920 Speaker 1: want to talk about it because I heard me alone. 537 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:05,080 Speaker 1: It's okay, Garamo, and I understand. Thank you for sharing 538 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:08,680 Speaker 1: that with us. I'd like as you can see, Germo 539 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:12,120 Speaker 1: is a very kind man and he feels still misses 540 00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:27,360 Speaker 1: his wife. This is Deo Henderson again from media and 541 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:29,880 Speaker 1: howse I'm interviewing my as a friend. I'm going to 542 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:32,160 Speaker 1: have him introduce himself to you and tell us what 543 00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:35,080 Speaker 1: happened this morning and where you're in a different headspace. 544 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:37,200 Speaker 1: You can a lot of people just called me T, 545 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,840 Speaker 1: but you can dash it in front and align whatever 546 00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:45,480 Speaker 1: you want. Casualty specialty to this day, I'm feeling a 547 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:50,280 Speaker 1: little bit more as a casualty. Why is that? Just 548 00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:53,720 Speaker 1: as being a human and seeing what other humans are 549 00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:57,960 Speaker 1: capable of doing, the other humans disconcerns me immensely that 550 00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:00,440 Speaker 1: they have no I've looked at these guys, we're kicking 551 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:03,640 Speaker 1: everyone out this morning at seven, and I just couldn't 552 00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:06,080 Speaker 1: even believe. I kept it basically trying to read and 553 00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:08,080 Speaker 1: state to them I don't want to say I'm not 554 00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:10,240 Speaker 1: going to get prove anything by yelling and fuck you 555 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,200 Speaker 1: or that's not going to do it. I was like, 556 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:16,080 Speaker 1: you have you made a choice to take this profession, 557 00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:18,000 Speaker 1: so it shows me what kind of human you are 558 00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:20,760 Speaker 1: if you can do this to other humans. That's all 559 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:24,080 Speaker 1: I have to say. Man, absolutely, I agree, And there's 560 00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,760 Speaker 1: that's the answer to the so called individuals that talk 561 00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,640 Speaker 1: about these cops are great, they're doing their job and 562 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:33,720 Speaker 1: things like that, and Nazi Germany, these people were said 563 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:36,000 Speaker 1: the same thing when they were putting people in gas ovens. 564 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:38,840 Speaker 1: You're a part of a system that you may be 565 00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:41,000 Speaker 1: a good person in your own mind, but you are 566 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:44,480 Speaker 1: a part of a system to lash out and displace people. 567 00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:47,800 Speaker 1: That's where we have there, That's where we're at, loggerheads. 568 00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:52,480 Speaker 1: You get your head together, know that it's it's been 569 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:56,000 Speaker 1: fortunate that it didn't come down earlier. And you know 570 00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:59,160 Speaker 1: it's just humans want to control everything. So the best 571 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,280 Speaker 1: thing to do is not let them take control, take 572 00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:04,240 Speaker 1: your own control and get together with other people in 573 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:07,479 Speaker 1: unite because united we stand. They say, did I refall? 574 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:10,279 Speaker 1: So all of us hanging out together, helping each other 575 00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:14,560 Speaker 1: move over here shows more kindness and gratitude and gratefulness 576 00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:17,920 Speaker 1: than anyone excuse me, any of these individuals in these 577 00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:19,799 Speaker 1: trucks at the time you're going to work and you're 578 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:21,840 Speaker 1: coming back on, Oh, we don't like the way the 579 00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:25,600 Speaker 1: tech parklers. You don't look Have you ever looked in 580 00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:28,920 Speaker 1: the mirror? You could end up like me with multiple 581 00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:32,240 Speaker 1: scrossess in the middle of playing music and doing everything 582 00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:34,040 Speaker 1: all over the world, and then wake up one morning, 583 00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:38,080 Speaker 1: one morning and everything changed. So you better just really 584 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:40,200 Speaker 1: grateful for what you got. A lot of these people 585 00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:43,319 Speaker 1: aren't grateful for what they have. They look down upon 586 00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:46,440 Speaker 1: you to make themselves feel taller or stand on your 587 00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:49,319 Speaker 1: shoulders or whatever. So I'm just I'm just grateful that 588 00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:53,919 Speaker 1: I landed in this space in my homelessness, and rand 589 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:58,600 Speaker 1: in some extremely really giving and understanding people because they 590 00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:01,000 Speaker 1: were going through a very similar So we have a 591 00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:03,320 Speaker 1: very similar story. You can go have coffee and the 592 00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:06,359 Speaker 1: fucking lunch break talk to everyone about that. That down yet. 593 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:10,440 Speaker 1: But if it's just it's nonsense. This is a reality, 594 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:12,920 Speaker 1: and people they don't like reality, they run from it. 595 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:15,440 Speaker 1: I embrace it because it's nothing I can do except 596 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:19,799 Speaker 1: be enjoyed what I have. While I have it. Do 597 00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:25,120 Speaker 1: you think this podcast will open people's eyes to it? Absolutely? 598 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:29,319 Speaker 1: And and you know there's been especially with the whole 599 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:33,839 Speaker 1: new era of cell phones and what those guys they 600 00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:36,680 Speaker 1: freaked out because everybody, all of us just had to 601 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:39,840 Speaker 1: pull our cell phones and started recording and they know, dude, 602 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:43,839 Speaker 1: you know, I'm just basically reframing myself reading Steve and going, 603 00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:47,040 Speaker 1: hey man, it's not my problem that you made a 604 00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:50,760 Speaker 1: choice to take this job and why would you do that? 605 00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:54,200 Speaker 1: That makes me understand we're a person that can do 606 00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:56,640 Speaker 1: this on his own and somebody else. We're here giving 607 00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:59,840 Speaker 1: each other food, giving each other love because everyone's struggling, 608 00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:02,080 Speaker 1: and you guys are trying to kick people out just 609 00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:05,120 Speaker 1: because because your job. It's not you were born with 610 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:09,320 Speaker 1: the job you earned. You wanted the job when you're born. 611 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:12,239 Speaker 1: You didn't want the job you was born and to 612 00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:15,200 Speaker 1: do what you got with it. So heard, I'm just 613 00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:17,600 Speaker 1: happy that I was born when I was born, by 614 00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:21,480 Speaker 1: whom I was born in, whatever showed me the way 615 00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:24,560 Speaker 1: of God and my mom. This answers the question it 616 00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:27,319 Speaker 1: was called the good Cops and the uh they are 617 00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:29,319 Speaker 1: getting a bad rep and it's good to see good 618 00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:32,240 Speaker 1: news all the time. It is not. We're not disputing 619 00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:34,239 Speaker 1: that there are people that do good things, but we 620 00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:37,879 Speaker 1: are disputing the system that allows you to think these 621 00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:41,280 Speaker 1: people are good when they're displacing vulnerable people and displacing 622 00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:44,080 Speaker 1: them and just because they're doing their job. It's an 623 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:47,279 Speaker 1: ugly job. But then there comes a time that is 624 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:49,920 Speaker 1: always the time to do right. Doctor King said that, 625 00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:54,000 Speaker 1: So yes, so thank you for listening again, and may 626 00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:56,759 Speaker 1: we again meet in the light of understanding and action 627 00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:08,560 Speaker 1: from love everybody. Final thoughts. The year is coming to 628 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:12,120 Speaker 1: a close and much evil has been spread through this 629 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:16,680 Speaker 1: year by the city, the police, is an improvement district, 630 00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:22,480 Speaker 1: and outrageous neighbors and parents. So what will lie in 631 00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:27,440 Speaker 1: store for us twenty twenty? Will it be more evil 632 00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:30,120 Speaker 1: or will we have people to step into the gap 633 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:36,200 Speaker 1: and resist. There's an old saying that the only way 634 00:37:36,239 --> 00:37:41,160 Speaker 1: evil can exist is when good people stand around and 635 00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:46,560 Speaker 1: do nothing. This year has been some small percentage of 636 00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:49,919 Speaker 1: good people have started to become awakened to the fact 637 00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:52,080 Speaker 1: that there is a lot of evil by the so 638 00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:54,600 Speaker 1: called good people that are held in positions of power. 639 00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:57,560 Speaker 1: Some of them will say that they're just not all 640 00:37:57,640 --> 00:38:00,000 Speaker 1: of them or they were a couple of bad apples. 641 00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:03,440 Speaker 1: But the system is bad, which promotes you to do 642 00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:09,000 Speaker 1: the evil things without speaking out against it. So I 643 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:14,239 Speaker 1: encourage you this year to reflect how and what can 644 00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:17,480 Speaker 1: you do about it? Just know your Rights episode is 645 00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:20,399 Speaker 1: one of many to come to explain how we can 646 00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:24,359 Speaker 1: be able to put more control and hold our city 647 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:30,880 Speaker 1: officials accountable for the atrocities that they are going to commit. 648 00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:34,799 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening, and may we again meet in 649 00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:40,800 Speaker 1: the light of understanding. I'm going to close this episode 650 00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:44,000 Speaker 1: with a memorial poem for the ones that have passed 651 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,520 Speaker 1: away this year and a few years and have not 652 00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:51,239 Speaker 1: been recognized. So this is for those. This is an 653 00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:56,719 Speaker 1: excerpt from the late Mariangelo. It's called Closing, and I'll 654 00:38:56,760 --> 00:39:00,399 Speaker 1: read you a few excerpts from it. Great souls die 655 00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:05,000 Speaker 1: and our reality bound to them takes leave of us. 656 00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:13,600 Speaker 1: Our souls, dependent upon their nurture now shrink wizend. And 657 00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:19,920 Speaker 1: when great souls die, after a period, piece blooms slowly 658 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:24,880 Speaker 1: and always irregularly, spaces feel with a kind of soothing 659 00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:31,160 Speaker 1: electric vibration. Our senses restored, never to be the same 660 00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:41,000 Speaker 1: whisper to us they existed. They existed. We can be, be, 661 00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:44,480 Speaker 1: and be better for they existed.