Judge Strikes Down Denver?s Urban Camping Ban

[Gman]

Judge Strikes Down Denver?s Urban Camping Ban (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/judge-strikes-down-denvers-urban-camping-ban/ar-BBYpjnO)I guess every big city in the country gets to deal with the insanity.

DENVER (CBS4) ? A Denver County Court judge struck down Denver?s prohibition against urban camping on Friday, saying it violates the Eighth Amendment.https://c-5uwzmx78pmca90x24quo-a-uav-kwux2eisiuiqhmlx2evmb.g01.msn.com/g00/3_c-5eee.uav.kwu_/c-5UWZMXPMCA90x24pbbx78ax3ax2fx2fquo-a-uav-kwu.isiuiqhml.vmbx2fbmvivbx2fiux78x2fmvbqbgqlx2fJJ Gx78rvb.quox3fpx3d788x26ex3d9376x26ux3d4x26yx3d48x 26wx3dnx26tx3dnx26q98k.uizsx3dquiom_$/$/$/$/$? Provided by CBS Denverhttps://c-5uwzmx78pmca90x24quo-a-uav-kwux2eisiuiqhmlx2evmb.g01.msn.com/g00/3_c-5eee.uav.kwu_/c-5UWZMXPMCA90x24pbbx78ax3ax2fx2fquo-a-uav-kwu.isiuiqhml.vmbx2fbmvivbx2fiux78x2fmvbqbgqlx2fJJ Gx78m19.quox3fpx3d788x26ex3d9376x26ux3d4x26yx3d48x 26wx3dnx26tx3dnx26q98k.uizsx3dquiom_$/$/$/$/$? Provided by CBS Denver(credit: CBS)

?Citing the fact that the homeless are a powerless group who have been subject to a long history of discrimination both in Denver and Colorado, and that homeless individuals in Denver cannot meaningfully access adequate shelter, the court held that the urban camping ban violates the 8th Amendment?s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment because it criminalizes homeless individuals, who have nowhere to go, for simply attempting to survive on Denver?s streets,? Killmer, Lane & Newman, LLP, stated.
https://c-5uwzmx78pmca90x24quo-a-uav-kwux2eisiuiqhmlx2evmb.g01.msn.com/g00/3_c-5eee.uav.kwu_/c-5UWZMXPMCA90x24pbbx78ax3ax2fx2fquo-a-uav-kwu.isiuiqhml.vmbx2fbmvivbx2fiux78x2fmvbqbgqlx2fJJ Gx78tMo.quox3fpx3d788x26ex3d9376x26ux3d4x26yx3d48x 26wx3dnx26tx3dnx26q98k.uizsx3dquiom_$/$/$/$/$? Provided by CBS Denver(credit: CBS)

?This mirrors the recent opinion from the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco striking down the Boise, Idaho urban camping ban. The United States Supreme Court recently allowed that ruling to stand,? the legal office stated. ?This ruling prohibits the Denver police from arresting or harassing homeless people who are simply trying to survive on the streets. The decision is part of a broader movement by the courts to prohibit cities from enacting laws that seek to push homeless individuals out of sight.?
https://c-5uwzmx78pmca90x24quo-a-uav-kwux2eisiuiqhmlx2evmb.g01.msn.com/g00/3_c-5eee.uav.kwu_/c-5UWZMXPMCA90x24pbbx78ax3ax2fx2fquo-a-uav-kwu.isiuiqhml.vmbx2fbmvivbx2fiux78x2fmvbqbgqlx2fJJ Gx78rvT.quox3fpx3d788x26ex3d9376x26ux3d4x26yx3d48x 26wx3dnx26tx3dnx26fx3d9992x26gx3d330x26q98k.uizsx3 dquiom_$/$/$/$/$? Provided by CBS Denver(credit: CBS)

The group Denver Homeless Out Loud (https://www.facebook.com/DenverHomelessOutLoud/) has fought to lift the ban.
You can read the full order issued by the court here (https://denver.cbslocal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15909806/2019/12/urban-camping-ban-order-from-court.pdf).

[BPTactical]

Of course he did.

[iego]

Going for the lowest, common, denominator, as Government is like to do.

-John

[Gman]

I miss the days of state run mental institutions and vagrancy laws.

[ray1970]

Dang. So now I?ll see homeless people camped everywhere? That?s different.

[CS1983]

They can go to any rail yard and catch a free ride or a Bull’s ass whooping. Nothing [particularly] cruel or unusual about either.

[Great-Kazoo]

mthank the aclu. They pulled the same shit in ft collins a few years back. Which allowed the freeloaders the "right" to panhandle in front of business. There the judge sided with the aclu and "homeless advocates" who said banning then from panhandling restricted their 1st Amendmant right to "free speech.

Yet the "courts" have an issue with the 2nd?

[XJ]

We all know what would happen if bums showed up in the judge's neighborhood

[vossman]

We all know what would happen if bums showed up in the judge's neighborhood

This exactly!

[Eric P]

Maybe if cities stopped handouts to the homeless, they find somewhere else to go.

[BushMasterBoy]

I wonder how many are veterans?

[SideShow Bob]

I wonder how many are veterans?

According to their signs, at least 80%.

[Gman]

Saw a piece on Fox News around company that was milling around the house. Said homelessness was up 3rd year in a row (up 2.7%). Let me see if I can find the bit;

Looks like it's only video: https://video.foxnews.com/v/6118719820001#sp=show-clips

Homelessness for vets was down 2%.

California up 16.4%, New Mexico 27%, Idaho 15.1%, Kentucky 10.6%, West Virginia 12.4%.

[20X11]

They should exercise their 8th Amendment rights on the sidewalk in front of the Judge's house.

[BPTactical]

Just saw where Denver, City & County of is gearing up an appeal.

[iego]

Trump Tweet, lambasting California and New York for their Homeless problem.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1210916803800707072

"Easy fix" he says, and I believe him.

Meanwhile, Denver is going the other way, as we all know...

-John

[Gman]

De Blasio is blaming Trump. Yeah, your problem requires a Federal fix. You're doing it wrong.

Ben Carson on California homelessness: Local governments must take responsibility (https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/ben-carson-homelessness-crisis-california)


U.S. Housing and Development Secretary Ben Carson called Monday for lawmakers in California and other states contending with long-term homelessness to set aside politics and step up their efforts to combat the crisis.

The Trump administration has traded barbs with local politicians in California and New York in recent weeks over widespread homelessness in the states. Carson was critical of California’s response to the crisis during an appearance on an interview with FOX Business Network’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” arguing that a 16.4 percent increase in homelessness within the state have driven up the national average by more than two percent, even as the average rate across the other 49 states declined.

“In many cases, they are people who are incapable of taking care of themselves. In other cases, they’re people who have fallen on hard times,” Carson said. “In either case, we do have the ability to take care of them, but it should be recognized that this is a state and local government responsibility. It is not the responsibility of the federal government."