{"id":9974,"date":"2018-10-17T19:40:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T02:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=9974"},"modified":"2018-10-17T19:40:11","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T02:40:11","slug":"we-dont-need-protection-from-the-homeless-they-need-protection-from-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2018\/10\/17\/we-dont-need-protection-from-the-homeless-they-need-protection-from-us\/","title":{"rendered":"We don’t need protection from the homeless. They need protection from us"},"content":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0SARA SHORTT (LATimes.com)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Los Angeles homelessness has increased significantly over the last several years. (Maria Alejandra Cardona \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Two men who slept on downtown Los Angeles sidewalks were\u00a0beaten to death<\/a>\u00a0with a bat last month. In Santa Monica, four other men were attacked while sleeping outside, allegedly by the same assailant, two fatally. In Mission Hills, in the north San Fernando Valley, two unhoused people were burned in an acid attack in the wee hours of Sept. 30 \u2014 and the couple said they had been previously doused with gasoline and bleach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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As shocking as this particular spate of attacks is, violence against the homeless is neither uncommon nor unique to Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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