Virginia: Homeless forced to leave Dale City tent camps along I-95

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Homeless forced to leave Dale City tent camps along I-95

By Susan Kinzie, Thursday, March 31, 9:02 PM

Maybe he’ll get on a bus tomorrow, Greg Sawyer said, just ride wherever it goes as long as he can to stay warm. Maybe he’ll end up somewhere he could pitch a tent.

He has lived in the woods here in Dale City for more than a decade now. Thursday morning, he and dozens of other people who’ve been camped out in a few small, entrenched communities near Interstate 95 got kicked off the land, which is owned by the Virginia Department of Transportation.

“I got nowhere to go,” Sawyer said as he began to limp along the highway to pack up his things, stopping to rub his bad knee every now and then. All morning, people hurried to and from tents, lugging sacks of blankets, dragging broken suitcases full of old clothes, cradling propane canisters in the crooks of their arms. Many said the same thing: They didn’t know where they would go.

It’s a very sad situation,” said Joan Morris, a spokeswoman for VDOT. “It’s not something we sought to do.”

Virginia State Police lined up around the curves of the ramps at 10:45 a.m. and went in telling people that they had to leave today.

Morris said her agency received complaints from the office of State Del. L. Scott Lingamfelter (R-Prince William). People were walking back to their tents in the dark and crossing the ramps where cars speed around the blind curves, a hazard both to the walkers and to the drivers. A spokesman for the delegate said safety was the concern.

Lingamfelter.... Look him up.

Richmond Sunlight » Delegate Scott Lingamfelter (R-Woodbridge)

[rfranklin]

1. someone here was saying a while back that now was not like the Depression...

with its tent cities. How many more of these encampments are there around the nation? Certainly almost no attention is given to these people in the MSM.

[ixion]

2. moving them around doesn't solve the problem...

There really should be places that people can go and "just pitch a tent," in my opinion.

[liberal N proud]

4. No, but it gets them away from I95 where they are visible

The goal is to hide these people then you can ignore them.

[SpiralHawk]

16. Going OCCULT with the proles

ummm hmmmm

[LiberalEsto]

5. The Mall in Washington DC

That's where they should be. Where everyone else can see them.

[Earth_First]

17. +1

While it does not solve thier homelessness or medical concerns,
it certainly does solve the "out of sight, out of mind" meme...

[LiberalEsto]

3. What the hell are people supposed to do?

Just go DIE somewhere deep in the woods?

It might be educational to collect these folks on a bus and bring them to the Capitol and let them stay there shaming the bastards in power.

[tabasco]

6. Are there any Christians in Dale City?

WWJD?

[atreides1]

8. I'm sure there are

But just because they're Christian, doesn't mean they believe in all of Christ's teachings...

[hobbit709]

9. Real ones or the loudmouth types?

[atreides1]

12. Mostly loudmouth types

The kind that speak but always find an excuse not to act.

[hobbit709]

14. That's been my experience.

The more they go on about how good of one they are, the less likely they are to actually live it.

[William769]

15. This is just one of several groups in my area (Bootstrap Ministries).

http://www.bootstraphomelessministry.com/

[fasttense]

7. They need to pitch their tents in DC. They should start in front of the Capitol

and keeping filling it up to the Lincoln Memorial.

I bet they would be hard to ignore there.

[atreides1]

10. They would be hard to ignore

Until the police have to forcefully remove them, which is exactly what will happen. People will get hurt...the "liberal" media will be unavailable...and nothing will be solved!

[1monster]

18. For those who are unaware, that has already been done with disasterous results...

http://www.historynet.com/the-bonus-army-war-in-washington.htm

Army Chief of Staff and Major General Douglas MacArthur watched a brigade of steel-helmeted soldiers precisely align themselves in a straight four-column phalanx, bayonets affixed to rifles. He nodded his head in satisfaction. Discipline was wonderful. Up ahead, Major George Patton kicked his heels against his mount, and the big horse reared forward to signal a line of cavalry. The riders drew their sabers, and the animals stepped out in unison, hoofs smacking loudly on the street. Five Renault tanks lurched behind. Seven-ton relics from World War I and presumably just for show, the old machines nonetheless left little doubt as to the seriousness of the moment. On cue, at about 4:30 p.m. on July 28, 1932, the infantry began a slow, steady march forward. Completing the surreal atmosphere, a machine gun unit unlimbered, and its crew busily set up. (snip)

Recovering their senses, a few of the men cursed and sent bottles and bricks flying toward the troops — ineffective weapons against so formidable a force. The missiles shattered on impact on the hard pavement or bounced off the flanks of horses and soldiers. Undaunted, the roughly 600 troops maintained their discipline with tight-lipped determination. The extra training MacArthur had recently ordered was paying off. (snip)

As cavalry dispersed a group of outnumbered veterans waving a U.S. flag, a shocked bystander, his face streaked with tears from the gas, accosted MacArthur as he rode along in a staff car. 'The American flag means nothing to me after this,' the man yelled. The general quieted him with a stern rebuke, 'Put that man under arrest if he opens his mouth again.' The energetic officer was in his element. One reporter observed, 'General MacArthur, his chest glittering with medals, strode up and down Pennsylvania Avenue, flipping a riding crop against his neatly pressed breeches.'(snip) (/div)

Google the bonus army.




http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k07pirzBU34/S66IdEVs6cI/AAAAAAAAEJU/wsaSL42rHuI/s1600/BonusArmyAttackForce

[theaocp]

11. Maybe we should make "reservations"

a la Native American-style. It'll be like debtor's prison, but without gov't assistance! What joy! :sarcasm:

[William769]

13. Homelessness is a bigger problem than people realize.

There were several homless camps in North Fort Myers, most of them have been run off one camp was even burned out. :grr:

[RT Atlanta]

19. Go to the National Mall

We need a new Poor Peoples Campaign in this country... this is what Dr. King was planning for the summer of '68 when he was killed on April 4, 1968 in Memphis.

Poor Peoples Campaign:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_People%27s_Campaign