Occupy Wall Street

[AGDee]

The Occupy Detroit people have also taken over a park where a lot of homeless people stay. They are feeding them freely, providing them with tents of their own and those who want to help are helping around camp. They seem to be getting along great.

[DrPhil]

Free food and tents? If I was homeless, I would be a fan of Occupy Anything.

Until the Occupy movement started occupying too much of my time and space. And police removal of Occupy protestors AND homeless people began. Then I would want those Occupiers to go home so that I could be homeless in peace with minimal police interruption and without random people hanging around. Oh yeah...leave the food and tents.

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by AGDee

The Occupy Detroit people have also taken over a park where a lot of homeless people stay. They are feeding them freely, providing them with tents of their own and those who want to help are helping around camp. They seem to be getting along great.

That's good to hear but unfortunately that isn't the case in other places.
http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/29561835/detail.html

Larger cities, such as Austin and New York have had a problem with homeless and mentally unstable individuals zapping their resources and causing issues within the camp, lured by free food and safe environment.
When Occupy Wall Street protesters took over two parks in Portland's soggy downtown, they pitched 300 tents and offered free food, medical care and shelter to anyone, creating an ideal place for the homeless. Some were already living in the parks, while others were drawn from elsewhere to the encampment's open doors.
Now, protesters from Portland to Los Angeles to Atlanta are trying to distinguish between homeless people who are joining their movement and those who are there for the amenities.

This guy said it best.

Kind of ironic these gutless wonders are protesting the treatment of the poor and downtrodden, yet they dont want to share their food with the homeless who are the REAL downtrodden. They want society to give them hand outs, but they dont want to share what they have. friggin hypocrit scum.

[*winter*]

I wonder how long the "Occupying" is going to continue? It's getting pretty cold in these parts.