The Chorus Continues, “Stop The Dumping!”

The Downtown News continues to push the issue of homeless “dumping” in downtown Los Angeles. Here is the article. Clearly, the paper wants to continue this debate. Those in downtown Los Angeles don’t want the surrounding region to forget that “dumping” homeless people in Central City East will not be tolerated.

The article begins: “Stories have rumbled over the decades about one of the most disgusting practices ever to occur in Los Angeles. Recent clear evidence of the offensive ritual, thanks to an unimpeachable source, has turned the rumbles into a roar: The shameful custom of "dumping" humans on Downtown streets has at last been unmasked.


“Now it is time for the discarding of homeless, and physically or mentally ill people in Downtown Los Angeles, to cease. This is not the way a modern society should behave. This is not the way people who need help the most should be treated.”

The points of the editorial are clear: to praise Captain Smith, the LAPD commander who made these allegations public; the fact that the finger of blame is pointed at numerous law enforcement agencies—not just the Sheriff’s department; the revelation that hospitals are also to blame for “dumping”; and that the solution must be a shared responsibility throughout the county—not just downtown.