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Cleita

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9. No doubt. Can't let those homeless people take advantage of the advantaged. eom

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Thu May 28, 2015, 02:01 AM

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Police make example of �homeless� man begging with $800 in pockets [View all] Liberal_in_LA May 2015 OP

Grifters gotta grift Recursion May 2015 #1

Yeah, shitty things like claim this is evidence of grifting n/t kcr May 2015 #18

It IS grifting. phil89 May 2015 #34

A 19th century Rabbi once said: Joe the Revelator May 2015 #2

i give with my heart. if they're hucksters DesertFlower May 2015 #3

$800? Cleita May 2015 #4

I could buy a lot with that. former9thward May 2015 #5

So could I. But it wouldn't pay my upkeep, rent, utilities, food and maintenance of my car. Cleita May 2015 #11

$800 per week is $3200 per month jmowreader May 2015 #6

landlords want evidence of a continual cash flow...a job Liberal_in_LA May 2015 #8

How do you know it's a week? He may have been saving for awhile. Cleita May 2015 #10

Somewhere in the article... jmowreader May 2015 #37

That's what the police claimed. No where did the homeless man claim that. Cleita May 2015 #38

Obviously you have never begged for food and money. I have. Javaman May 2015 #21

Assuming he made that much 4 weeks in a row. yellowcanine May 2015 #30

I am sure they will find sufficient charges and fines to Downwinder May 2015 #7

No doubt. Can't let those homeless people take advantage of the advantaged. eom Cleita May 2015 #9

Maybe he was saving up for a car or a shabby little RV or something? LeftyMom May 2015 #12

I would think that is what he was doing. Cleita May 2015 #14

And then there is this poor pauper. Cleita May 2015 #13

Heh. That is a big glass house Jamie Dimon is tossing rocks from..... yellowcanine May 2015 #32

They "can't arrest" him so they go through his pockets and put pictures online to deal with his GreatGazoo May 2015 #15

I'm pretty sure romanic May 2015 #16

yes but is the legal punishment to have the contents of your pockets photographed and put online? GreatGazoo May 2015 #17

update.. cops have taken the post down Liberal_in_LA May 2015 #27

The quote markes around "homeless" imply it's not true... JHB May 2015 #19

public replies to the post which has been taken down Liberal_in_LA May 2015 #28

Get a job?! No need, the dude is already running his own business, and it's paying pretty well. MindPilot May 2015 #20

What MindPilot said. BlueJazz May 2015 #23

he was saving for rent? how do police know he made 800 in "less than a week"? did police steal cash Sunlei May 2015 #22

Police steal $800 from homeless man MelungeonWoman May 2015 #24

+1 gollygee May 2015 #26

That's how I read it as well. bullwinkle428 May 2015 #31

He probably doesn't have a bank account gollygee May 2015 #25

That is what I am gettting as well. Xyzse May 2015 #35

I love the people who say this is not "making an honest living." yellowcanine May 2015 #29

$800 is his life savings Taitertots May 2015 #33

On the bright side... Lancero May 2015 #36