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Building owner in London puts "homeless spikes" in sidewalk to stop the homeless from sleeping there
http://news.yahoo.com/outcry-over-anti-homeless-spikes-london-141126295.html?.tsrc=attmpLondon (AFP) - The installation of pavement spikes to stop homeless people sleeping outside a London building sparked outrage on Tuesday, with 40,000 people signing a petition in protest and Mayor Boris Johnson calling them "stupid".
The petition, set up on the website change.org following a storm of outrage on Twitter, says the spikes are "inhumane" and calls for more effort to look after the most vulnerable people in society.
Johnson, a member of Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative party, had previously condemned the measure and called for it to be removed as soon as possible.
"Spikes outside Southwark housing development to deter rough sleeping are ugly, self defeating & stupid. Developer should remove them ASAP," the mayor wrote on Twitter on Monday.
The petition, set up on the website change.org following a storm of outrage on Twitter, says the spikes are "inhumane" and calls for more effort to look after the most vulnerable people in society.
Johnson, a member of Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative party, had previously condemned the measure and called for it to be removed as soon as possible.
"Spikes outside Southwark housing development to deter rough sleeping are ugly, self defeating & stupid. Developer should remove them ASAP," the mayor wrote on Twitter on Monday.
Yes...you read that right. They put spikes IN THE SIDEWALK to stop human beings without a home from sleeping in front of their building...people who had no place else at all TO sleep...because the sight of the homeless might possibly lower property values.
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