property & criminality

[Sheila Walters]

re.
> With crackdowns on homelessness and privatization of public space (is LA 
> the most egregious example of this, with Bunker Hill and City Walk?), 
> will it one day be a crime, supported by more explicit legislation than 
> that now, to own no property?
> 
> -Alec
I don't have an answer, but I've gotta comment that the crackdowns 
are disgusting.  I was harassed recently by police for giving money 
to a stranger and informed that by giving money I was contributing to 
a crime and warned not to give money in the future to people on the 
street who ask.  I told them that my roommate had asked me for money 
the day before while she and I were walking down the street -  could 
I have her arrested?  They gave each other a look of exasperation but 
said that I could press charges if I wanted to.  Damn them.  If they 
stop me again, I'll tell them that I begged the man to take my money.