Homeless people are not criminals, poverty is not a crime

Homelessness, poverty and the law are locked and linked in a symbiosis which perpetuates the former.

Homeless people are not criminals, poverty is not a crime

Homelessness, poverty and the law are locked and linked in a symbiosis which perpetuates the former. There is considerably greater chance to fall foul of the law and its processes if one is homeless and poor. Being homeless and poor is not a crime.

But to highlight the point through repetition - the chances of being determined guilty of a crime are greater if one is either homeless or poor. Whether or not one is actually guilty. That is how the system works. Because of the disempowerment of those concerned the system remains wrong, idle, and downright corrupt.

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