Criminalizing the Crisis: Homeless in America
The Dr. Phil Podcast
Dr. Phil McGraw
4.3 • 13.5K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Can sleeping outside land you in jail? Dr. Phil investigates whether homelessness is being treated as a crime.
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| 0:00.0 | Almost 10 years ago, me and my six kids, |
| 0:05.0 | we ended up homeless here. |
| 0:07.0 | It's really sad to see what's happened. |
| 0:09.0 | Not just down here, but this whole town. |
| 0:11.0 | You really can't go anywhere without being scared. |
| 0:14.0 | A few years ago, some guy jumped in my car and he grabbed me, |
| 0:18.0 | and what are you supposed to do? |
| 0:19.0 | Tell the police it was some homeless guy. |
| 0:21.4 | Other than drug use, I think that there's a ton of mental health issues. It's just crazy to see |
| 0:27.1 | this place, like, right behind. Right now behind us, we've got some people that are pretty |
| 0:34.6 | frustrated that we're here right now. They want royalties and money and it's just, it's entitlement. |
| 0:39.3 | You have the energy to get up and come harass a film crew, |
| 0:42.3 | but you can't get off your ass and go look for a job. |
| 0:46.3 | This is insane. |
| 0:47.3 | I feel like if the city could get some, some land for... |
| 0:52.3 | Oh my gosh. |
| 0:57.0 | It's only on my face. |
| 0:59.0 | We keep having to move locations. |
| 1:01.0 | You sure have a lot of energy. |
| 1:03.0 | Do you not have a job? |
| 1:04.0 | It's under your business. |
| 1:05.0 | We just won't leave us alone. |
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