Earlier today, in the middle of the night, a homeless man woke up to find his sleeping bag on fire. He was sleeping on the steps of the Job Market in Eureka.
EPD and Humboldt Bay Fire responded. There was no suspect description or how the suspect left. EPD found a lighter and garbage bag on the scene. There are surveilance cameras on scene and EPD is investigating.
Humboldt Bay Fire gave the man a gift card.
His sleeping bag was charred. Councilmember Kim Bergel was on the scene talking with the homeless man.
He's a junkie, alcoholic. Probably set himself on fire. Hopefully the camera angle shows him. If it ever works seeing it's a State building... Wouldn't want any evidence of junkies actually using it as a bedroom.
ReplyDeletePeople who are homeless, they're not all addicts. A lot if times, they're just people who, through something like losing their job or losing someone in their life, ended up on the streets. Everybody is on their own little joyrney through this thing we call life and there really is no reason to waste energy on hate when love is the only answer. Put yourself in anothers shoes, before you have the right to judge or look down your nose at anybody else.
ReplyDeletePut myself in their shoes? No thanks. I can see their train wrecks every time they piss on my employer's front door, which seems to be every other day now. Many of these homeless folks are the exact same ones I see every. Single. Day. Doing the exact same thing: panhandling and hustling for their next fix. Or riding spray painted $2000 bikes with backpacks full of tools. They've taken every penny and bit of patience from others and nothing changes. I'm not helping them at all. They need to pull their drunken, addicted heads out of their own asses and quit milking the rest of us and especially folks like you that play the guilt card and call us a bunch of meanies. The folks that do want to clean up do. The ones that truly want to turn things around do just that. They muscle up, clean up and get busy. I do not have the power to fix lives that choose this freewheeling, f-k everything lifestyle. And I am under no obligation to enable it either. I have been in rough times to. As well as others close to me. We all snapped out of our ruts and got life back on track. For others, this "track" (all puns intended) is the one they chose. ~TMOB
DeleteI know this drunk addict. He's been sleeping, drinking, shooting up ,pissing, shitting, masterbating, vomiting, spiting on this State property for over a year. He feels in titled to it. Went by there today and checked it out.
DeleteObviously passed out and his smoke lit his bag on fire. He's homeless by choice Saint Jessica
He's and addict by choice, drunk by choice. You can move him in with you if you're so inclined.
Jessica you are exactly right. Your heart is in the right place. I used be like anonymous and Rusty thinking my shit didn't stink and looking down on the homeless. I used to pull my children close to me if a homeless person was anywhere near us. I wanted to keep them safe from "those" people, until one day I became one of "those" people. Believe me it was not by choice. I was a working individual who had a job, was a single mother of two, two cars, a house we lived in, a house I rented out, checking, savings and credit cards. I worked hard, paid my bills oh and guess what, I didn't do drugs. Doing all the right things I became homeless. I had to give up custody of my children and I lost EVERYTHING. As you can tell, I hope, I didn't "choose" to be homeless. I never in my wildest dreams thought I'd EVER be homeless, yet here I was. I lived on the streets for 2 years and by the grace of God, I was able to get out of being homeless. Not everyone is as lucky. Until very recently I'd look back and try to pinpoint where things started going so wrong. I decided not to go look back anymore just look forward because back has nothing for me. I was homeless, I got out, I'm looking forwa and that's it. After all this, I believe every person should experience homelessness so those that never have been could feel what it's like. It's humiliating and at the same time, humbling. So Jessica, you hold onto to your beliefs. If more people had your beliefs maybe there wouldn't be as many homeless.
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