Reports of multiple instances of people intentionally setting fire to homeless encampments in Los Angeles. Motion describing these incidents from @MikeBoninLA in photo. (1/)

[Photo is of motion, full text here: https://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2020/20-0010-S16_mot_09-23-2020.pdf]

More info on a recent arson in linked tweet. This is, obviously, horrifying. It is, of course, not the first time people experiencing homelessness have been deliberated targeted for attacks. (2/) https://twitter.com/runolgarun/status/1309568497454735360

And to bring it back to NYC: the dehumanizing language used by UWS groups trying to get people experiencing homelessness out of their neighborhood and even by newspapers like NY Post — routinely calling people “vagrants,” for example — is dangerous. (3/)

When people are portrayed as “less than human” it’s not a huge leap to policies that move them about like pawns on a chessboard and worse. (End)