Stampede in Dallas injures several. They were waiting in line for an application for housing

[Horse with no Name]

assistance.

How incredibly sad.


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National Nurses United
http://www.facebook.com/nationalnurses
This is heartbreaking. A stampede occurred in Dallas when people – who wanted a chance to fill out a federal housing assistance application -- moved closer to the door. This should not be happening in our country. Another example of why we need to tax Wall St. and use the BILLIONS raised to reinvest in communities, such as Dallas.

edit to remove wrong video. Sorry.

[guruoo]

1. knr. nt.

[CurtEastPoint]

2. that video is of war. But, that is sad what happened in Dallas.

[Horse with no Name]

4. Thanks. Video removed. n/t

[Dappleganger]

3. What is awful is that people will be more outraged that a few poor people wouldn't stand

in a straight line, not that they were homeless.

[WCGreen]

5. Two fucking years into a three year economic crisis and this is the first time

they have been accepting section 8 Vouchers....

What the fuck is wrong with this country!

[CurtEastPoint]

7. This happened in ATL a year or two ago. SAME THING.

THOUSANDS trying to get a few measly vouchers. We take SUCH good care of our least. Not.

[RebelOne]

8. I'm in the Atlanta area and do not remember hearing about this.

Do you have a link? I remember TV coverage, but nothing about any stampedes.

[CurtEastPoint]

9. No stampede, but crushing and fights

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/11/thousands-wait-to-apply-f_n_678840.html

[indurancevile]

13. And in Detroit. I think it's deliberate. Anyone who's done events knows better than

to issue a cattle call for something.

You spread out sites, offer online applications, divide by last name, etc. You don't just tell everyone in the city to come down at the same time.

Horrible.

[aquart]

6. Dallas doesn't have to go as far as Wall Street.

It has plenty of millionaires it can tax all by itself.

[Brigid]

10. This was shown briefly on "The Ed Show" tonight.

This is a sign of things to come, as this country continues to devolve into the setting for a "Mad Max" movie. :(

[Forkboy]

11. K&R

[indurancevile]

12. I think they're deliberately trying to kill people. The same thing happened in Detroit under the

same circumstances -- cattle calls for public assistance without planning/crowd control.

There's absolutely no reason to invite thousands of people down to fill out paperwork at the same time. Ridiculous.