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Attacks On Homeless Increasing In US
The Coalition's report, Hate, Violence, And Death on Main Street USA, 2008, said that the total number of attacks for 2008 stood at 106, and the fatal was second highest since 2001, at 27 deaths. 73 percent of the attacks were committed by individuals who were ages 25 and younger and Florida ranked #1 for the fourth year in a row for most attacks and California second.
Those experiencing homelessness are often ignored or misunderstood by society. If these brutal attacks were committed against any other religious or minority group to the same degree, there would be a national outcry and call for governmental action, said Michael Stoops, executive director of NCH. We must respond to this dehumanization and protect homeless persons against hate crimes and violence.
Over the past ten years, hundreds of homeless people have been attacked and killed. While this report provides alarming numbers, the fact remains that countless attacks go undocumented each year. Homeless individuals are treated so poorly by society that their attacks are often forgotten or unreported. Knowing some cases are missing, the attacks that are accounted for over the past ten years are still shocking:
880 acts of violence have been committed against homeless individuals
The attacks have happened in 46 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, DC
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