Reject the framing that suggests that opposing police displacing unhoused people means you think it's great for people to live on the sidewalk.
We don't have to - and shouldn't - discuss this on their terms.
5% of the VPD budget could create a guaranteed income for every resident of the city and we should because poverty is lethal violence
and the police have defunded the city
and
"the police are shitty at policing," say police. "you need more police"
serious colonial violence enacted in the dtes today. turning off cameras, smashing someone’s smudge bowl, destroying property. so many resources wasted to displace an already displaced population. these funds could be funnelled into programs and services instead. just vile.
A gofundme to support the displaced residents of the Hastings Tent City has been set up.
Funds will go towards replacing the tents and belongings stolen by the City of Vancouver and supporting residents to find shelter.
https://t.co/VdBcTXBmeR
[ID: The City of Vancouver traffic camera images page for Main Street and East hastings Street, showing that the North, East, South and West all say "this camera is temporarily out-of-service"]
Main & Hastings this morning. More police down the block at Columbia.
the leaked City of Vancouver plan to escalate the encampment situation seems to be coming to fruition today. #vanpoli
THREAD: AWM Alliance Real Eatate Group attempts to displace tenants from 322 Cambie without due process. COV has confirmed the building was not ordered to be emptied.
We can’t stay in the SROs. We can’t stay in the shelters. We can’t stay in tents.
Where are we supposed to go?