| That’s ok — the states were starting to open up before those thousand health professionals, epidemiologists, and activists signed off on the health benefits of protesting in close proximity. So no need for the overstretched city of Minneapolis to shelter the homeless any longer. |
Residents of the former Sheraton Minneapolis Midtown Hotel, tucked just north of Lake Street on reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel...
Avenue, awoke to reports that the hotel’s fire alarm was pulled after 6 a.m. following an overdose. The hotel owner, Jay Patel, has ordered the eviction of all the guests, according to volunteers at the site.
The sudden eviction marks the second time in two weeks thon the lam numbers of homeless people have been forced to vacate a temporary site, and could hamper efforts by a team of volunteers to find them more permanent housing.
The coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...pandemic has brought a heightened level of urgency around these efforts. Homeless outreach workers fear that people who are cleared repeatedly from shelters and other sites will scatter and become more difficult to reach with aid.
"It’s not that people don’t want to help, it’s just that right now there are no physical beds," said Sheila Delaney, who acted as a liaison between volunteers, the building owner and other partners. "There is no ’Plan B,’ except for back out."
Since May 29, the hastily arranged shelter had been a source of stability, even hope, amid the chaos and destruction that followed Floyd’s death on May 25.
Unlike traditional homeless shelters, people who stayed at the hotel were allowed to bring drugs and alcohol on-site. Volunteer medics were focused on preventing overdoses and helping people access health services, rather than enforcing rules that would result in people being forced back onto the streets.
But some residents at the hotel said conditions had begun to spin out of control in recent days, with people injecting heroin and methamphetamine in the hallways, and fights breaking out at night. Volunteers became overwhelmed.
"It started out well, then descended into chaos," said Jennie Taylor, who had a room on the second floor. "People got the message that this was a place where you could use drugs freely and that attracted the wrong crowd."