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In the past 9 years, more than 775 homeless men and children were attacked in the U.S. 224 have died.
The National Coalition for the Homeless has forecast and increase in homelessness due to the foreclosure crisis. 61 percent
of the survey respondents reported an increase in homelessness since the foreclosure crisis began in 2007. The
Cleveland Metropolitan School District is reporting a 40 percent increase in homeless students between 2006 and 2007. They relate this
to the foreclosures within the City. Local Cleveland shelters are also reporting an increase in families who have become homeless
due to foreclosures. These homeless families are the forgotten victims in the foreclosure debacle.
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The most dangerous states to be homeless in are Florida, California, Nevada and Ohio.
Beginning in 2001, four "bum
fighting" videos appeared on the internet. Today almost 7 million copies of the "Bumfights" DVDs and videos
have been sold. Teenagers record themselves beating up homeless persons just for the thrill. The videos dehumanize
and exploit the homeless. Many cities dehumanize homeless persons by enacting and enforcing laws that criminalise homelessness.
Hate crimes have skyrocketed across the nation. Most of the crimes are committed by male teens and youth
as young as 10 years old.
In Cincinati,Ohio, a homeless man was shot in the face and killed for asking
a woman for a quarter. A gang of young men armed with baseball bats and pipes brutally beat at least 6 homeless people
in Cleveland, Ohio in a span of four months. Another homeless man was sleeping under a bridge in Cleveland when two
teenage boys beat him with a 2 by 4 and stole $10 from his wallet. They left him bleeding from the head. This
same man had previously been robbed and has his tent set on fire. A homeless couple were terrorized at their campsite
by a group of men who beat them with a baseball bat and knife, breaking the woman's collarbone. The men stole teh couple's
puppy and later returned and threatened to burn the campsite down. In Akron, Ohio, two mail youth threw rocks at two
elderly homeless men, shot them with a BB gun and burned a pile of their clothes.
A report of hate crimes released by
the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, details 161 attacks
of homeless persons in 2007, which resulted in 31 deaths. The report indicates a 13 percent increase in violent incidents
against homeless persons over 2006. With the increase in homelessness due to the foreclosure crisis there is a nationwide
shortage of shelters. 40 percent of our homeless population is living on the streets and increasingly vulnerable
to these violent hate crimes. It comes at a time when political leaders are blaming the foreclosure crisis on lenders who knew
many in America could not afford the buy a home in the first place.
( Above information also from The Homelss
Grapvine Newspaper in Northeast Ohio, USA )
Summary of articles, sites and blogs by Ray Tapajna, Editor and Artist at Tapart News and Art that Talks
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