We have been tracking and documenting what has been going on in Las Vegas since 2002. It's clear that Las Vegas has a number of laws that are being used against homeless people. It has a sorry history of criminalizing the homeless. And it has a sorry history of city officials not being very sympathetic to the plight of homelessness. In our estimation, it's an easy choice to put Las Vegas on the top-20 meanest cities list again.
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If you die homeless, your death goes unnoticed, just like your life. This is a way for us to notice.Michael Stoops
It's a good time of year to raise awareness, when it's real cold out. More Americans are thinking about poverty and homelessness this time of year.
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It hurts everyone, worst of all homeless people. Criminalizing homelessness is a waste of time and resources.
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Las Vegas has always gotten an F (in those areas). Someday I hope the city will quit criminalizing homelessness and they'll get off the list.
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We definitely feel that it's a widespread epidemic around the country. It seems like there's been a spike in incidents. We're not sure if it's copycat attacks or open season on the homeless population.
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The overwhelming majority of perpetrators are teens and young adults. We need to start with young people in public and private schools.
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