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Mex@feddit.uk
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Homeless people should not be arrested just if they smell - minister

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Homeless people should not be arrested just if they smell - minister

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Mex@feddit.uk
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Legislation could criminalise rough sleepers if they cause a nuisance, including "excessive" smells.
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  • NickwithaC@lemmy.world
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    Homeless people should not be arrested. They should be homed.

  • j4yt33@feddit.de
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    Police and courts are already massively understaffed and the government wants to make being homeless illegal. Genius move from genius former minister Braverman

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    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.

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    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
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    https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/02/rough-sleepers-should-not-be-arrested-just-if-they-smell-says-uk-minister Another report on it

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    What the actual…

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

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    Does the UK have sniffing constables that specialise in this?

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      Oi mate, u got a license for that stink?

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

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

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