Homeless Persons Living/Sleeping in the Atlanta Airport
Jan 22, 2018, 12:21 pm
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Many airports are considered public spaces and it might not be possible to legally evict a homeless person. Besides, some airports like PIT want to encourage folks to come to the airport to shop. In other cases, business meetings (and even interviews!) are held in airports and can include locals who are not flying that day.
Jan 22, 2018, 12:29 pm
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Jan 22, 2018, 1:18 pm
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I watched a group of homeless junkies shooting up Friday afternoon at 8th & Market Street. Earlier that day I saw a SFPD speaking in Spanish to two handcuffed individuals sitting in that same spot.
Jan 22, 2018, 1:38 pm
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For me EWR is slightly better. Traveling by train I need to make two connections to each, but for PHL I have to change stations at street level downtown. Most days it's not the OK corral. And the clubs are better.
Jan 22, 2018, 1:48 pm
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Since no one has ATL listed as their voting address, i.e. legal residence, I submit that everyone at ATL is a "homeless" person while on the property. Employees are a "home nearby" subcategory.
So there are a lot of people in wrinkled clothes with strong odor of alcohol on their breath. Smell to clarify. If the person with wrinkled clothes smells of Woodford, they just got off a DL upgrade and cleaned out the booze cart. If the person with wrinkled clothes smells like MD2020, send them to the Soylent Green factory.
As a Florida resident, I am used to seeing homeless people who come south for the winter. This year is the worse I have ever seen. The snow up north has drive all of them south. There is a homeless begger with a cardboard sign on every street corner.
Jan 22, 2018, 3:35 pm
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Based on past history the only thing that will happen if one pulls a gun is revocation of the gun restrictions to allow that mythical good guy with a gun to save the day next time.
Jan 23, 2018, 7:44 am
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You can be proactive, provide enforcement, intervention and support; or you can turn your head and do nothing as the facility rots and passengers with legit business at the airport get assaulted.
Jan 23, 2018, 7:54 am
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Welcome to what we have endured in PHL for years! Each of the last four mayors have turned a blind eye to the squatters. They're more visible after dark and before dawn, when there is a code blue, or raining.
It's one of the reasons I trek up to EWR and deal with their brand of indignities.
It's one of the reasons I trek up to EWR and deal with their brand of indignities.
Jan 23, 2018, 7:56 am
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When law directors and law departments take away basic policing, the community goes down the drain.
You can be proactive, provide enforcement, intervention and support; or you can turn your head and do nothing as the facility rots and passengers with legit business at the airport get assaulted.
You can be proactive, provide enforcement, intervention and support; or you can turn your head and do nothing as the facility rots and passengers with legit business at the airport get assaulted.
Last edited by trouble747; Jan 23, 2018 at 10:11 am
Jan 23, 2018, 11:41 am
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Jan 25, 2018, 6:24 am
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When law directors and law departments take away basic policing, the community goes down the drain.
You can be proactive, provide enforcement, intervention and support; or you can turn your head and do nothing as the facility rots and passengers with legit business at the airport get assaulted.
You can be proactive, provide enforcement, intervention and support; or you can turn your head and do nothing as the facility rots and passengers with legit business at the airport get assaulted.
Last edited by Grog; Jan 25, 2018 at 6:35 am
Jan 25, 2018, 6:34 am
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I wonder if there's another source for this 'law enforcement directive.' All of the original reporting on this issue appears to originate from a single reporter at a local FOX affiliate. Here's the line:
The "they" here is "police officers." Is this the official message or position of the department? Does the Atlanta law department actually dictate policing strategy or priority? I'm also not seeing the connection between "daily sweeps" and "enforc[ing] basic trespass laws."
They said the city of Atlanta law department has instructed the officers not to do the daily sweeps they once did. That change means they cannot enforce basic trespass laws.
Jan 25, 2018, 7:34 am
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Welcome to what we have endured in PHL for years! Each of the last four mayors have turned a blind eye to the squatters. They're more visible after dark and before dawn, when there is a code blue, or raining.
It's one of the reasons I trek up to EWR and deal with their brand of indignities.
It's one of the reasons I trek up to EWR and deal with their brand of indignities.