Monday’s Common Council meeting in South Bend got a little tense.
The council was considering an ordinance to protect the city’s homeless population that would designate homeless people as a “protected population.” This means that anyone committing any crimes against a homeless person might face stiffer penalties than usual.
The proposal was tabled during the meeting, causing outrage among supporters of the measure. If the ordinance is eventually approved it would make South Bend just the second city in America to designate the homeless as a protected population.
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This ordinance 100% needs to NOT happen. The homeless deserve the same protection under the law as everyone else.
Has the city council thought by doing this it might bring new homeless people ? When South Bend oppend the Center For The Homeless, in the former Gilbert’s men’s store building, it brought new people from all over the country. With this new ordinance the city of South Bend could be Indiana’s homeless capital.
Maybe that’s the point. I’m sure we can hazard a guess how they would vote!
Democrat politicians aren’t willing to sacrifice the well being of their constituents just to get a few extra votes, are they?
*looks at Southern border*
Well, maybe…