Since When Is Bashing Homeless People A “Sport”?

Since when is being “down and out” (people who are homeless) an invitation to be beaten up by those who are “up and in” homes (you know, those who are not homeless)? Some even call it a "sport"...

These homeless beatings are happening all over our country. The three Florida teens who were arrested for killing a homeless man with a baseball bat are not the first to participate in this “sport.”

It happened here in Los Angeles last summer. Advocates are saying this has happened dozens of times around the country.

The preferred weapons… baseball bats, rocks, bricks, fists and feet, pellet guns and knives.

And we call ourselves a “civilized” First World country?

First, we allow people to sleep on our streets when they are “down and out.” That, in itself, is wrong. As a First World country, we should have a “right to shelter/housing” for every American.

And then second, our youth of America are beating them up. What’s wrong with our society?

Perhaps these random beatings might be a wake-up call for our country to do something about homelessness.

And I don’t mean just stop beating them up. I mean provide housing for every American so that people who are homeless have a safe place to sleep.