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Uptown viaduct fire reminder of hazards to homeless: 'There really is
no peace'
By Caroline Kubzansky and Rebecca Johnson
Chicago Tribune
April 13, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/13/uptown-viaduct-fire-reminder-of-hazards-to-homeless-there-really-is-no-peace/
Despite the headline, we learn IN THE THIRD PARAGRAPH that the hazard
in question to other homeless people was from a homeless woman who,
with either reckless disregard or murderous intent, set her own tent
on fire, which led to all the other tents catching fire fire. Note
that one of the homeless men interviewed stated that the area under
the viaduct is usually fried, so there are fires set repeatedly.
That headline was misleading, and I'd say who set the fire should have
been stated in the first paragraph.
In paragraph six, the murder of a well-known homeless man (who walked
without disturbing others rather than just sitting in a doorway) was
conflated. But the crime against him was attempted murder by someone
who was not homeless; he was set on fire while sleeping. It became a
murder as he later died of injuries sustained.
This was just bad reporting entirely. The danger from homeless
encampments under viaducts is that one or more individuals will set
fires, and fires spread. Gee. Fires can even destroy viaducts. Maybe
allowing "permanent" encampments once people start fires is
horrifically bad public policy.
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