Police make example of ‘homeless’ man begging with $800 in pockets

[JHB]

19. The quote markes around "homeless" imply it's not true...

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...but there's nothing in the article (or the one it links to, nor the video clip) that says anything about that (and yes, I understand the OP uses them because they're in the headline of the quoted article).

In fact there's no information at all other than the guy's actions for the shopping cart and urinating in a public area, and the money.

I tend to be suspicious of "homeless guys are just faking it" stories, especially when there's an ideological (**cough**Stossel/**cough**) or PR interest involved (the latter case certainly applies here -- there are legitimate resident complaints that need to be addressed). They use an individual case to make sweeping generalizations that screw people already in bad situations.

Kudos to the TV clip hosts for noting that the situation might be more problematic than the police FB post indicated.