City of Dallas has new safety measures for cleaning up, removing homeless camps

The City of Dallas is taking a new approach to security at homeless encampment sweeps. They say it's an effort to improve communication and ensure safety, but activists worry it could have the opposite effect.

[@georgebaird3484]

Why is it the cities obligation to take care of them

[@mcp2142]

There not , it's compassion of help but everybody doesn't receive that because of mental illness they suffer from..

[@HTHAMMACK1]

Ah, the homeless problem in Dallas. According to conservatives, I thought that was only a problem in liberal cities.

[@bryanspilner7370]

Lord watch over our city workers as they deal with this crisis

[@WithoutRemorse12]

No need to worry they ready made their pact with the devil.

[@sarbantz]

We will never reduce street homelessness and crime without reducing the amount of fentanyl drug available on our streets. It is everywhere and dirt cheap. Fentanyl destroy humans mentally and physically beyond the point of repair very quickly. Street homeless are fentanyl addicts, and street encampments are open air drugs markets brewing all sorts of crime. They gradually destroy everything around themselves. many will die from overdose, or drugs related violence that's fueling our skyrocketing homicides rate.

[@jwbjpb1338]

???

[@Snowfluffy123]

Reading these comments makes me feel so bad for humanity. How could you all have no compassion towards homeless people? Do you even know the pain? It is hard enough for them. Their life is struggle every single moment may be that's why it is hard to them to keep the place clean, keep themselves hygienic etc. Two things should happen : 1. Mental health awareness and better treatments for adults (which is lacking in America) 2. Affordable housing, meals and basic clothing for people who don't earn much. Remember that there are people who are mentally very ill and they can't even work or function normally and it can be a reason for homeless. Or they are disabled/troubled in other ways. We all have to lend a helping hand .

[@jamiewood1911]

If you have to tell these "adults" to clean up after themselves, do you really think they're fit for anything more than what they already have? Taking no pride in their tent home will expand to no pride in any home that they're provided...

[@jwbjpb1338]

And you know this how?????

[@yt74101]

Even when they got free hotel rooms during covid some of them were still setting up tents and collections of trash in public. Give them housing and they still hang out on the street all day cause they're "mentally ill" and don't want to work do anything productive.

[@jwbjpb1338]

Clearly you have zero compassion for other people.

[@nancydublin3315]

Yep, I have to agree with that. Some people just don't want to work no matter what and will not. Period.

[@eziahjohnson167]

All the mayor has to do was hire private security to help out .

[@MrKeith5021]

They should post the time everybody needs to be out then at that time drive through with a fire hose. When it comes to homeless sleeping in town if you don't draw a hard line it will wind up like Portland or LA.

[@chadkarr7394]

where are they going to live, now? (it begs the question).

[@bryanspilner7370]

Back to california?

[@nicolelove2501]

@@bryanspilner7370 ~ Do you really think they could afford an airline ticket to fly to Texas? Do you really think they came from Cali? ---- (Shhhh! that was a rhetorical question).

[@WithoutRemorse12]

They think that by scattering them. It will prevent some potential problems with crime.

[@sarbantz]

We will never reduce street homelessness and crime without reducing the amount of fentanyl drug available on our streets. It is everywhere and dirt cheap. Fentanyl destroy humans mentally and physically beyond the point of repair very quickly. Street homeless are fentanyl addicts, and street encampments are open air drugs markets brewing all sorts of crime. They gradually destroy everything around themselves. many will die from overdose, or drugs related violence that's fueling our skyrocketing homicides rate. Several of them are heading to your place as we speak.

[@TrustedSilver1987]

Tann knees on Sea BEE Ess

[@leomcgee9873]

they are no differ than anyone else. obey the law or get arrested.

[@user-ng2hp1uy5i]

man these comments are fucked you all do realize when rent goes up and a bottle of water is 19.99 we all gonna be in this situation trying to find shelter and food while the 1 percent watch all of it from there gold plated drones like some tv show ..smh

[@donnaray9304]

No were not all going to be in that situation my rent went up $325.00 more a month and that was a year ago yes it was a slap in my face but I made do taking odd jobs no job or pay is benth me and $ 19.99 bottle water ever heard of water hose. I have know homeless people most of the time there reason there homeless is BS they won't except help when offered unless it's there way or don't want to follow rules well to bad that's not real life we all have to follow rules to some degree in this life. There's no excuses get busy getting off the streets take any help that's being offered. The end!

[@DTX_AEther_Diamond_214]

Alot of them are coming from L.A i talked to a homeless person i used to talk to along time ago he's 22 I've been like that too and even now i don't recognize anyone out there none of the ones i was out there before have moved on and done better sadly a few didn't but the majority are a total amount of strangers i had never seen

[@nicolelove2501]

@Huitzilopochtli Quetzalcoatl ~ you should be more concerned about the people from Cali., who are able to afford homes in Texas, as the R.E. markets love to cater to the big spenders, as they're already accustomed to paying high rent and mortgages.

[@sarbantz]

We will never reduce street homelessness and crime without reducing the amount of fentanyl drug available on our streets. It is everywhere and dirt cheap. Fentanyl destroy humans mentally and physically beyond the point of repair very quickly. Street homeless are fentanyl addicts, and street encampments are open air drugs markets brewing all sorts of crime. They gradually destroy everything around themselves. many will die from overdose, or drugs related violence that's fueling our skyrocketing homicides rate.

[@donnaray9304]

Wonderful we get tons of California residents moving to Texas making Texas unaffordable rent,homes, and property taxes high and know we get there homeless people Dallas will be California soon with homeless 💩 on the street like San Francisco.

[@donnaray9304]

@@nicolelove2501 We should be concerned about both check back when homeless are setting up a tent in your neighbor.

[@nicolelove2501]

O' GOD, please watch over the homeless, and the outcast, as they've already experienced hardships in their life. And they're trying to have a peaceful shelter.

[@sarbantz]

We will never reduce street homelessness and crime without reducing the amount of fentanyl drug available on our streets. It is everywhere and dirt cheap. Fentanyl destroy humans mentally and physically beyond the point of repair very quickly. Street homeless are fentanyl addicts, and street encampments are open air drugs markets brewing all sorts of crime. They gradually destroy everything around themselves. many will die from overdose, or drugs related violence that's fueling our skyrocketing homicides rate.

[@dlf4298]

Why don’t you go homeless as well, should your true support

[@HIAHomelessInAmerica]

🙏🙏🙏

[@IMRROcom]

Give them a bus ticket to California, New York or DC. Those city's have recourses to take care of them.

[@nancydublin3315]

D.C. Let the politicians share the homelessness situations. Maybe they'll vote to do something.

[@IMRROcom]

@@nancydublin3315 the did, they sent the to Martha’s Vineyard and it was huge news. They could not get those 50 illegals off the island fast enough

[@jasonbradford4176]

Please get rid of them

[@nicolelove2501]

@Jason Bradford ~ Why are you scorning the homeless, and thinking yourself better than they, when you don't know what the next day or hour holds a for you?

[@sarbantz]

We will never reduce street homelessness and crime without reducing the amount of fentanyl drug available on our streets. It is everywhere and dirt cheap. Fentanyl destroy humans mentally and physically beyond the point of repair very quickly. Street homeless are fentanyl addicts, and street encampments are open air drugs markets brewing all sorts of crime. They gradually destroy everything around themselves. many will die from overdose, or drugs related violence that's fueling our skyrocketing homicides rate.

[@jakephillips4453]

Damn the lady news anchor works out.

[@georgebaird3484]

They don't have to live in fear they can get out and get a job like everybody else in the Bible

[@willedwards7009]

If the city of Dallas claims they are using compassion in dealing with homeless camps and other homeless endeavors that must be a first. It’s usually the police followed by dump trucks to put all the homeless people’s belongings in, followed by the white police vans arresting the homeless, confiscating everything they have and putting them in either a detox center or jail for a day or two then tossing them out on the streets with nothing but what they are wearing. Many times they lose their ID cards, medications, personal items like wallets or bags which means they cant go to a shelter because they no longer have a valid form of ID. Then its waiting for two weeks or so while the Presbyterian ministry downtown works with them to regain a form of valid ID. The City of Dallas approach to homeless people is this…Only taxpaying citizens have rights. Non taxpaying citizen are the bane of society and must be removed or incarcerated. I have literally years of working with homeless organizations and actually took the city of Dallas to court and won. The only help the city of Dallas gave was help to select organizations to the government trough.

[@nancydublin3315]

Horrible situation. Tiny home villages need to added to the city's empty spaces--away from children's schools, etc ==all these people need shelter w/privacy-protection. No drugs or alcohol allowed on sites with tiny homes. Being drunk and disorderly in public should be a misdemeanor. Choice of detox or jail after that.