Drongo
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I'm a big supporter of the police and give them a lot of respect for the very difficult and dangerous work that they have to do.
I also accept that from time time some homeless folk can harass passers by and need to be moved on.
But I find this action in Redbridge awful:
POLICE SWOOP ON HOMELESS
If you're as disgusted by this as I am; please complain to Boris and Bernard Hogan-Howe.
Drongo
I also accept that from time time some homeless folk can harass passers by and need to be moved on.
But I find this action in Redbridge awful:
POLICE SWOOP ON HOMELESS
Adam Jaskowiak was one of the men targeted and said he pleaded with police to be able to keep his things but was ignored.
He was sleeping with eight other people finding shelter for the night in the former Ilford Baths in High Road, Ilford.
All of their belongings were bundled into a police car leaving the men, one in his 60s, stunned.
He was given the sleeping bag by the Salvation Army, Clements Road, Ilford, over the winter months after becoming homeless when his friend died.
John Clifton, 26, corps officer at the Salvation Army, said: “I'm shocked and disgusted. Why would you take the only form of shelter someone has from them?
Chief executive Rita Chadha said: “I am appalled because there's no logic in this – it's not as though if they take someone's sleeping bag they will automatically walk into a house.
“It's not a lifestyle choice and becoming homeless can happen to anyone.”
If you're as disgusted by this as I am; please complain to Boris and Bernard Hogan-Howe.
Drongo
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