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Vegas homeless hit jackpot with different kind of craps

Posted 04.02.2007 by GottaGoGirl
I kind of thought this might happen. In August 2006, I reported on an ordinance passed in Las Vegas that banned sleeping within five hundred feet of feces. The ordinance originally appeared to target homeless people under the guise of "public health" protection. This rule was supposed to be removed from the ordinance, but was accidentally left in the final wording. Finally, last September, bowing to pressure from the ACLU and others, the city rescinded that portion of the law.

But in November 2006, three homeless men were arrested and charged with "knowingly establishing temporary, portable, or open sleeping quarters within five hundred feet of a deposit of urine or feces that was not in an appropriate sanitary facility". Never mind that the act was no longer a punishable offense under law.

David Hicks, one of the men arrested, summed up my main question from the original story -- how do you know if there's poop in a five hundred meter radius? "I didn't even know it was there. Was I supposed to go around searching for it?" Indeed. Is it possible for anyone, homeless or not, to lay down on the grass with, say, a sack lunch and a book in ANY public park and NOT be within five hundred meters of urine and/or feces? The ACLU, Mr. Hicks, the two other defendants, and their attorney Brent Bryson believe that it isn't possible, and that these three men were singled out because they are homeless.

Because the law never actually went into effect, the city was found at fault, and the men were awarded $45,000 to share in compensation for their experience. In the spirit of assisting three downcast fellow humans to get back on their feet, Bryson magnanimously reduced his fee to a mere 33%, or $15,000; each of the three exonerated men received a check for $10,000. That's quite a windfall for a homeless guy; hopefully they'll use it to get a step up in the world.

As for the City of Las Vegas, $45,000 was an expensive lesson in proofreading stuff before it goes to press.

Show some poop support, or make a poop retort.
The Big Wiper (2245) -- 04.02.2007

How do you know if you're within five-hundred feet of poop? Easy. Order the Poop-O-Meter (pronounced Poop-ohm-iter) from Ronco, or is it Popeil?

It slices, dices, shreds, juliennes...oh, wait, that's another gadget, isn't it?

Visa and Master Card accepted.

Pulling My Pants Down For Peace, Plop and Posterity!

Wow Gold (not verified) -- 04.02.2007

Good thing I wasn't in Las Vegas that time I accidently slept on my baby's poopy diaper. At least that morning my breath wasn't the worst smelling thing in bed.

Stripper Poop (35) -- 04.05.2007

That's fucked up. But mos def, how would you know if you were near poop or not? Does it count for dog poop too, or only human poops? How fresh does the poop have to be? What if you laid down in an alley that had like, years old rock-poop (y'know it gets hard like a rock after a while) there. Would that be wrong? Does it only apply if the poop is still wet? How can they tell the difference between yellow gatoraide and pee? What if you go to sleep and then someone comes and poops next to you after you've laid down? Who gets arrested, the pooper or the sleeper? What if your clothes are soiled in poop or pee? Does it count then? What if your house is only 500 feet? Would you be arrested for pooping in your bathroom, if you went and fell asleep in your living room? Do you think cops are gonna go around with bags of shit and plant them near folks just to make an arrest, like they do with drugs? What if there isn't one signle area of the city that doesn't have poop? How could they even know? Do they have a poop detector? Does poop attached to a person count? What if a baby is on a park bench with his mama and a stinky diaper, and a homeless on the next one over, asleep? Where DO homeless people poop, and what do they wipe with? So many questions...
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Strippers Poop Too!

J.C.F. Thorsby Alabama (not verified) -- 04.06.2007

I came home from work one evening, and hugged my wife. She stays at home with our two children. I noticed a wet brown smear on her shirt about 4 inches long and 3 inches wide. Joking, I said who pooped on your shirt? No one she answered. I went to sniff it and decided not to, I figured it would be a joke that I would not get laughter out of. So I went on my way. Ten minutes later I hear my wife bust out laughing. I asked what so funny? She answered, IT'S POOP!

So, if this law was passed in sin city. My wife wearing the poopie shirt> I triped her and she fell down then I could get a police report, take it to the magistrate court and get a warrant for her arrest. Then the next time She has a headache before we go to bed, I am sure to get my way.

Great tool.

GottaGoGirl (2616) -- 04.07.2007

Dude, she'd probably turn herself in.

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Hey! Don't touch my wenis!

Bilgepump (1676) -- 04.07.2007

Stripper Poop, to answer one of your queries, homeless people take advantage of that "sweet, sweet, opportunity" and wipe with squirrels, gophers, bunnies, and the occasional cactus wren.

Stripper Poop (35) -- 04.08.2007

LOL! That's where all those skunks with no stripes come from, huh?
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Strippers Poop Too!

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