THREAD. Following similar efforts around the country, NYC police have launched yet another shameful and violent offensive: removing people from where they live to "clean" the city for wealthy business interests. A few thoughts: nytimes.com/2021/08/02/nyr…
First, take a look at the language bureaucrats use to describe what NYC cops are doing to people who are living on the streets: the violent cops are called "cleanup crews" for "service-resistant individuals."
Second, cops with guns are forcibly moving people (with no regard to the destruction of their most valuable and sentimental possessions) to group barracks in the middle a resurgent delta variant coronavirus and against CDC recommendations.
Third, the article masks wild fear-mongering as legitimate: that homeless people are "menacing passers by" and committing "random assaults." It uses vague words like "complaints" and "public outcry" to mask what's happening: pre-engineered strategy for business and real estate.
Finally, always look at what "business leaders" say: "I don’t think persuasion is going to get people off the streets." There is a direct line from what wealthy capital wants to what the cops do. The wealthy understand the violence needed to keep people in poverty.
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