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Mass Shootings at Two Homeless Camps After Fox Host Called for Homeless to Be Killed (meidasnews.com)

submitted 8 months ago by RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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At least 13 people were injured, five critically in two separate mass shootings at homeless encampments in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Monday. The first shooting took place at East Lake Street and Interstate 35W around 11am local time.

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[–] Cataphract@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Just so you know, you're getting downvoted because what you're saying is wrong and actually contributes to the problem.

Mental Illness and Violence Among People Experiencing Homelessness: An Evidence-Based Review

Please read the full study and it's sources. It's so important and negates a large portion of misinformation you're going to hear. I'll highlight some points in case some people don't want to.

The US media is saturated with coverage of perceived threats to public safety by people experiencing homelessness (PEH) with purported “mental illness.” ... a content analysis of 6,400 tweets regarding PEH collected over three months showed widespread generalizations that PEH posed a high risk of violence and that homelessness was caused by untreated mental illness.3

About 30% of PEH have a mental health condition.73 The framing of these narratives have been identified as further entrenching the dehumanization of PEH, contributing to oversimplified understandings of PEH and mental illness, and motivating policy interventions that are not evidence-based.4 Physicians’ lack of specific training in working with PEH can create additional barriers to accessing care,5 especially since PEH may perceive negative attitudes in their physicians,6 exacerbating feelings of alienation.7 Stigma is pervasive,8 and that experience is often compounded by PEH’s past negative experiences with medical care and ongoing structural barriers to engagement

There's many more passages that are relevant and have way too much info for me to copy/paste here, like:

Mental Illness and Addiction Can Be One of Many Precipitants of Homelessness and Should Not Be Seen as the Underlying Cause
Homelessness and Mental Illness Are Not Driving Surges in Violent Crime
Permanent Supportive Housing is Cost-Effective and Associated with Better Outcomes for PEH
Putting People Away Without Essential Care and Basic Needs
Learning “From the Misses” Does Not Breed Compassion

Again, you're going to be reading, watching, and discussing homelessness in media for the rest of your life. It's only going to take you 20 minutes to get real facts about the debates and form an evidence based opinion on the matter. Or just disregard and continue watching/reading misinformation to form your thoughts for you.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm aware not all are. It's funny though that suddenly people who are against reasonable bg checks suddenly aren't.

[–] Cataphract@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago

I wouldn't take a few hyperbolic statements made on Lemmy as an opportunity to perpetuate common misunderstandings though. I assure you anyone wanting to focus on arming instead of housing any homeless are just accelerationists and not wanting an actual solution.