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submitted 6 months ago by Mex@feddit.uk to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
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[-] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago

Homeless people should not be arrested. They should be homed.

[-] j4yt33@feddit.de 21 points 6 months ago

Police and courts are already massively understaffed and the government wants to make being homeless illegal. Genius move from genius former minister Braverman

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 15 points 6 months ago

Would you be arrested if you smelled bad and had a place to live? No?

Then they would be arresting you because you're homeless.

[-] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

This is where the Overton window is at, that "I think we shouldn't arrest the poor for being unwashed, actually" is considered the most compassionate possible response

[-] Mex@feddit.uk 9 points 6 months ago
[-] Mex@feddit.uk 8 points 6 months ago

What the actual...

[-] Mex@feddit.uk 6 points 6 months ago

Better discussion on this here. https://feddit.uk/post/9948501

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Does the UK have sniffing constables that specialise in this?

[-] mondoman712@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

Oi mate, u got a license for that stink?

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 6 months ago

The British ran out of foreign people to terrorize and belittle, so now they do their own.

[-] dragontangram88@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago

The fact that they have to state this just shows how badly they need shelters for their homeless.

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