" since the demolition of homeless camps are often perceived as being for show or just something that happened because officers were bored and simply had nothing to do that day."
???
Someone doing something illegal, facing the 'force' of the police (who are acting in the interests of the rest of the community) is obviously going to want 'less police'.
So yes, 'Bank Robbers' also probably want 'less police'.
Ad-Hoc homeless camps are not removed because 'cops are bored' - they are illegal for good reason, they spread and metastasise.
There is a medical clinic across the street from where I live - and on a monthly basis, when the 'welfare check' day is, in the evening, they convene, smoke crack and 'camp out'. They generally linger in a small, makeshift 'camp' until eventually - and thankfully - the police come to break it up. It's a monthly cycle.
Whatever the 'underlying causes' - the solution is not 'makeshift camps'. FYI - these guys are eligible for welfare, which is about $1K in Quebec, there are tons of rentals around here for $400, meaning, there is no reason for most of them to be 'homeless' (though obviously there are serious mental issues with some of them). Free healthcare and a ton of other free services. I'm not saying living on welfare is easy, rather, there are 'just enough' services there to enable someone who is 'socially coherent' to be able to not be homeless.
As for 'more police' here is far-left Vox on the issue, specifically Matthew Iglesias. [1]
???
Someone doing something illegal, facing the 'force' of the police (who are acting in the interests of the rest of the community) is obviously going to want 'less police'.
So yes, 'Bank Robbers' also probably want 'less police'.
Ad-Hoc homeless camps are not removed because 'cops are bored' - they are illegal for good reason, they spread and metastasise.
There is a medical clinic across the street from where I live - and on a monthly basis, when the 'welfare check' day is, in the evening, they convene, smoke crack and 'camp out'. They generally linger in a small, makeshift 'camp' until eventually - and thankfully - the police come to break it up. It's a monthly cycle.
Whatever the 'underlying causes' - the solution is not 'makeshift camps'. FYI - these guys are eligible for welfare, which is about $1K in Quebec, there are tons of rentals around here for $400, meaning, there is no reason for most of them to be 'homeless' (though obviously there are serious mental issues with some of them). Free healthcare and a ton of other free services. I'm not saying living on welfare is easy, rather, there are 'just enough' services there to enable someone who is 'socially coherent' to be able to not be homeless.
As for 'more police' here is far-left Vox on the issue, specifically Matthew Iglesias. [1]
Under policing of Black neighbourhoods [2]
[1] https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/2/13/18193661/h...
[2] https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-underpolicing-of-black-amer...