PoPos Pop Park Panhandler
posted: August 10, 2007 | category: Uncategorized
tags: Center City Park, crime, downtown, Greensboro, homeless news, panhandling, police
Via email (from a currently homeless reader):
“…a homeless person… was ticketed last night at Center City Park for illegal panhandling. He has no panhandling permit and he was well outside of the approved hours for panhandling according to the bike patrol officer that noted he observed [the homeless person] hit on everyone in the park for money.”
I’ve been confused about whose job it is to patrol this private park, but props to the cops for ticketing this panhandler. I am not a fan of panhandling, for many reasons. (Read this previous post for my thoughts on panhandling.)
Homeless Greensboro residents should have as much right as “homed” folks to enjoy the lovely downtown park, but this is the kind of behavior that reinforces negative stereotypes of homeless people. (Not to mention this kind of behavior — wow!)
Maybe we’ll swing by tonight on NightWatch and see if we can’t help a brother out — legally. 
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