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CNN 5 Things

One Thing: Does Clearing Homeless Camps Just Extend the Crisis?

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Many Western cities are grappling with large encampments on the streets as homeless populations grow. In Phoenix, a judge recently ordered one such encampment to be cleared after local residents sued the city for violating public nuisance laws. In today’s episode, we hear from people living in that camp about what comes next and why advocates fear similar legal strategies could soon be used in other cities. Guest: Gabe Cohen, CNN Correspondent To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:35.0

Protesters in New York have been chanting his name

0:42.0

ever since the young black man was put in a

0:44.6

chokehold and died on a subway train earlier this month. They demanded the man who put

0:50.7

Neely in that chokehold be held accountable.

0:54.2

And on Friday, after days of waiting, there was movement.

0:57.9

Manhattan District Attorney's Office says they will charge 24-year-old Daniel Penny

1:02.1

with manslaughter. Marine old Daniel Penny with manslaughter.

1:03.5

Marine veteran Daniel Penny turned himself into authorities and was arraigned on a charge of second degree

1:09.2

manslaughter.

1:10.8

His attorneys say Penny risked his own life and safety for the good of his fellow passengers

1:15.3

and could not have foreseen Neely's death. However, a witness said Neely didn't hurt anyone

1:21.2

and wasn't armed. And we've since learned nearly was

1:24.2

experiencing homelessness and mental health issues shouting at passengers that he was

1:29.2

hungry thirsty and out of money. If you didn't have the intention of killing Jordan Neely,

1:36.0

I believe that at the least he did not have consideration for his life because he was poor homeless and black.

1:50.0

And Neely's death has reignited a conversation about the overall crisis of homelessness in this country. Public intolerance for panhandling and tent cities is helping fuel a debate over safety and poverty in America's largest cities.

1:59.0

And that has advocates for the unhoused asking,

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