Violence Against the Homeless In Greensboro and Beyond
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This is a video clip of one of my homeless friends, who was attacked by teenagers on the street in Greensboro last summer. In the clip above, he talks about the attack. Please watch the clip to find out what happened to him just days after this video was made.
“Between 1999 and 2005, 82 people were killed in America because of their race, ethnicity, or religious or sexual orientation, according to the FBI, which has been collecting data on hate crimes since 1990. There were 169 homeless people murdered during that same period…” [source]
Unprovoked attacks on homeless people are on the rise across the nation. The National Coalition for the Homeless reported 142 attacks against homeless people in 2006, including 20 deaths — a 65% increase from the year before. Nationwide, most of the attacks are committed by teens and young adults.