Republicans Push To Legalize ‘Property Owners’ Killing Homeless People in Kentucky
Republicans Push To Legalize ‘Property Owners’ Killing Homeless People in Kentucky
As I read the headline, “Republicans Push To Legalize ‘Property Owners’ Killing Homeless People in Kentucky,” I was taken aback by the sheer inhumanity of such a proposal. Instead of addressing the root causes of homelessness, drug addiction, and mental illness, Republican politicians in Kentucky seem determined to resort to violence and bloodshed. It is truly disheartening to witness the disregard for human life that underlies this bill, known as the “Safer Kentucky Act” or HB5.
The bill not only authorizes the use of force, potentially deadly force, against unhoused individuals found camping on private property but also criminalizes unsanctioned homeless encampments.… Continue reading
John Q. Hosedrinker