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Podcast: News For Reasonable People
Episode: #2,658 - Homeless man dances on car - smashes windshield, then spends a single night in jail
Description: Video captured a homeless man jumping on the hood of a car before smashing its windshield at the corner of Hollywood and Highland, and it’s just one of the countless scenes across Los Angeles and California in which homeless people suffering from addiction or mental illness vandalize property, assault people or sometimes even commit murder.
The woman who shot the video happens to be a therapist who treats the unhoused.
“It was obviously a cry for help,” Madeleine, who only wished to be identified by her first name, said...