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Nov. 8, 2007
Where do you want them to go?
by Kyle Lambelet
Every Friday morning my partner Nicole and I roll out of bed at 4:45 so that we can make it to the BCC’s Homeless Hospitality House by 5:00 to begin cooking hot grits in preparation for breakfast and to open up the house for warm showers. A couple of Friday’s ago, I was dismayed to hear of yet another way for the police to legitimately harass the folks who have so few places to go.
Recently the City of Greensboro passed a new ordinance stating: “It shall be unlawful...