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Jul 14

A pedestrian underpass get sealed shut with cement after the city ran out of ideas of how to permanently remove a homeless man who had lived in there for three years. This, of course, now prevents everybody in the community from using it.

The homeless man’s name is Michael. @tarafaul503 had worked with him extensively over the last two years. We successively reach out to his family and friends. This is a video of him from an old friend telling him she misses him. He had a severe mental break when he

was in his late teens. According to his parents and friends he was high achieving, outgoing, friendly and just really, really nice. Not one outreach worker has ever approached him and offered help. Not one. I verified this from him

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@kevinvdahlgren

Jul 13

I debated posting this, but I believe it’s important to raise awareness. I went to 82nd last night to prepare a project I’m working on with @tarafaul503. Within a minute of arriving, I found a half naked woman running down the sidewalk screaming. She had just been bear maced

and learned soon after sexually assaulted. I got her to put on a shirt and did my best to calm her. Two other cars stopped and tried to help. She was frantic and disorganized. Just as someone called emergency services she ran away. 82nd Ave. in Portland is a notorious location

for prostitution and trafficking. The city has done a better job in cracking down, but in the hour I spent there I was shocked just how chaotic it was. I saw girls who appeared under 18 get into strangers cars. In certain areas you can hear bloodcurdling screams down

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@kevinvdahlgren

Jul 6

I rowed to Ross Island to meet the Homeless that live there. Ross Island is approximately 400 acres and rests in the middle of the Willamette river which separates the east side and downtown Portland. I rented a kayak from a nice homeless man. I thought there would be many

more people living over there, but after exploring for about an hour I saw no more than five. The lady I met was actually just visiting. I got a few cases of waters for the humans and the dogs and I got food for a homeless man with broken ribs. I rowed by floating waterworlds.

A homeless man I met who did not wish to be on camera said he used to live downtown but was able to acquire cheap boats and decided to live on the river. He said enforcement is rare and one of the best decisions he’s ever made.

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@kevinvdahlgren

Jun 30

I visited a tiny home, village built by the homeless and managed by the homeless. They have a strict, no drug policy and everybody chips in and does chores. Yes they are technically not supposed to be

there, but I’ve never seen a better managed Tiny home village. Far better than any NGO run one. The lady that gave me the tour said no nonprofits come by ever. I thought that was odd

considering how many homeless people live there but perhaps they resent the fact that that they’re doing it better. I have visited there now three years in a row, and it looks nearly identical, which tells me people continue to follow the rules.

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Kevin Dahlgren 🥾 🥾

@kevinvdahlgren

Jun 27

We got accused of staging one of our videos. Recently @tarafaul503 and I intervened when one homeless man was threatening to stab another one with a hypodermic needle. We were accused of staging it by a Homeless nonprofit worker. It happened outside their agency and one

of them approached us and made the accusation. It was so ludicrous, but also not surprising. Every so often we get accused of hiring actors to portray homeless people. Accusations always comes from so-called advocates who refuse to accept the truth of the streets.

If we did stage it, it definitely was an impressive feat considering our ‘actors’ lack rational thought and critical thinking. Costuming though has never been a problem. The homeless always know what to wear and it looks so real. The most infuriating thing is the very people

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@kevinvdahlgren

Jun 10

Warning Graphic. A young homeless woman overdosing on fentanyl twenty minutes after Harm Reduction activists came by and handed out pipes, foil, straws and alcohol swabs. I don’t know if they gave anybody Narcan, but when we realized the young lady was dying. I was the only

one there who had it. Her face pretty quickly turned purple and she became completely unresponsive. A few others around her were also nodded out and I credit her friend for noticing her purple lips. I called 911 twice and it was hard to reach them. After a few minutes of CPR and

chest rubs we gave her a second Narcan. Echelon security showed up and assisted. It wasn’t looking good as it was taking forever for her to respond to the Narcan. It looked like she was going to die for sure. Everyone took turns doing CPR and finally after about 5-7 minutes