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LAPD Arrests Everyone Who Lost Home In Fire (theonion.com)

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I mean... entirely seriously, the LAPD probably will end up arresting a whole lot of them within 2 years.

They're homeless.

They've lost their home, they won't be getting reimbursed anywhere near what they've lost, they've been absent from work, might lose their jobs, their credit scores likely just tanked, it'll be harder for them to find a rental, their cars burned down, can't live in a burned down car, they're at least mentally traumatized, if not physically injured.

With the exception of the wealthier Palisades folks, a whole lot of these people will end up homeless, and are thus likely to be arrested for attempting to exist while homeless.

I'm convinced this is the plan of the powers that be in the US, to 'deal with' more and more disasters from climate change:

Ew, you're homeless, get a job or fuck off and die, ick.

[–] glimse 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They won't be reimbursed?

[–] [email protected] 41 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Are you not up to date on the home insurance situation in Cali, in LA?

They're all bailing out of the stateand doing everything they can to minimize payouts, State Farm dropped fire coverage from 70% of the LA area's homeowners coverage a few months ago.

FEMA ain't gonna make em whole. Neither is insurance. The Republicans are currently saying they're not gonna send any disaster aide relief from the Federal Government without mandating their own policy changes in Cali / LA's government.

They're conditioning aid on enforced austerity, we've all seen how well that goes in any situation that's been done in the last 20, 30, 40 years.

They're fucked.

[–] LordWiggle 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

To be fair, here in The Netherlands they arrest homeless people when it's really cold so they can sleep inside at the police station instead of freezing to death on the streets. So it isn't such a weird satirical story to be honest.

[–] TammyTobacco 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Lol America doesn't care about its citizens

[–] NocturnalEngineer 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Does the arrest go on their record, or are the "charges" completely dropped the next morning?

[–] LordWiggle 4 points 2 days ago

There are no charges. So there is no record. It's called "arrested" for the paperwork, bureaucracy, but they are free to choose to not go. But what homeless person would deny a bed and warm meals when it's freezing. They aren't treated as arrested people in America. I don't know about the rest of the country, but in my city the police is forced to do so by the municipality. Our mayor is pro squatting too. "If you don't want sqatters in your building, you should have made sure it wasn't empty. There's a housing crisis, you should have created living space. But you didn't, so the squatters did." Keep in mind, squatters have a lot of rights in the Netherlands. Somewhat equal rights (even more in some way) compared to renters (which is much more than renters in the US). You can't evict squatters or renters in NL without a court order, which doesn't come easy.

[–] Nednarb44 39 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Fuck me, I actually laughed out loud. That's so dumb, but honestly I would not be surprised if started happening (to a certain demographic anyway)

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago (2 children)

See, putting it in that way makes it seem absurd. But if you consider the fact that some of these people that lost their homes may not be able to recover from that, and may end up on the street, it becomes much more likely

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

The only reason it seems absurd is we haven't been taught to hate climate refugees as much as homeless people yet.

[–] Nednarb44 9 points 4 days ago

Oh 100%. I imagine that will happen to some people. I also feel like the "grace period" is gong to a lot shorter than necessary (though it shouldn't happen anyway)

[–] some_designer_dude 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So a bunch of people just lost everything and their governments and other support programs have left them to die?

It’s as if they’re trying to farm Luigi’s…

[–] LordWiggle 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's the Onion, a satirical newspaper.

[–] some_designer_dude 4 points 3 days ago

I wasn’t talking about the article, though. Like, people did lose it all and their support is literally fleeing the state…