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Podcast: News For Reasonable People
Episode: #2,528 - Fresno takes aggressive stance and will begin arresting and incarcerating its homeless population
Description: Mike Jones has been homeless for 20 of his 59 years of life, and as he watched a team of police and street cleaners throw away his pile of soggy tarps and trash last week, he shrugged.
“I have eight dogs, and I just don’t like shelters,” he said. “Too much like jail, and I’ve had a lot of experience with jail. I’m just fine out here in my tent.”
Jones’ ability to remain outside this city’s shelter system is about to get a lot harder. The same goes for ever...