Under The Bridge: The Criminalization of Homelessness (2017) | Documentary Movie
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- Under The Bridge: Criminalization of Homelessness is a documentary film about one summer in Indianapolis, a tent city under a bridge, and the criminalization of homelessness in the United States.
I was one of the homeless people in this video... I'm no longer homeless after 10 years of homelessness..they did put those condos up... they put fences around the area and Morice Passed away...God rest his soul.. that man advocated for the homeless in this city for 10 years..he did more for the homeless than any shelter, organization, outreach teams, programs...thank you all who made this documentary
So sorry to here about Maurice. How did you get off the streets? If you don't mind me asking. I just buried my aunt, she was homeless.
@@taramiller7106 during the COVID-19 shut downs the Gov got all the homeless people off the streets and put us in hotels for free..it was apart of the stimulus package...the Gov did that BC homeless people were the most seseptible to catch COVID-19...I stayed at the crown plaza hotel for 8 months... once we got into the hotels we were garenteed free housing.... so they gave me apartment with Free rent
Great for you! And God bless you and R.I.P. Maurice!
@@taramiller7106 so sorry for your loss
@@taramiller7106 ask, but don't answer others. Mustn't have a moment.
This is happening in every city. This documentary deserves millions of views
I LOVE THE HOMELESS I WAS ONCE HOMELESS THESE PEOPLE ARE SO LOVING JUST HOMELESS 😘😘😘😘🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
It’s not just the cities anymore, I live in rural West Virginia, and there’s a few homeless people here. The homeless, in my area, are drug addicts but I know that’s not always the case, in cities.
HOPE! th-cam.com/video/0jt_6PBnCJE/w-d-xo.html HOPE!
Maurice (the gentle giant) Young passed away on Jan 31, 2022. He was found unresponsive at the Wheeler Mission men's shelter. Maurice was 53 and will be missed by many.
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Wonder if they forced the v on him...
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Maurice cared and helped people without a place to stay; he did what the City and those greedy, stealing organizations WOULD NOT DO. Maurice cared. It is very sad to hear he died so young in what sounded like a jail-like shelter. And to read he was found "unresponsive" in that shelter shows the lack of caring for human beings. This same situation increasingly happens all over the USA. Disgusting!
Having been homeless myself i allready knew how this would end , but cried anyway. If there was more people like Maurice and his friends in this world we'd allready be living in heaven on Earth ! All the people from local government, law enforcement and the mainstream media should be thoroughly ASHAMED of themselves. ...but special mention must go to the "lady" who ran the local business that put in all the complaints so she could line her own pockets - an absolutely disgusting human being , they all need to have a long and very honest conversation with whatever God they pretend to believe in . R I P Maurice, you'll be welcomed in heaven.
Well said, you are so right !
This is a great film and a sad situation for America....I was homeless 24 years, 14 years in Augusta, Georgia and 10 years in Washington, DC where I'm from neighboring Arlington, Va. I still worked throughout most of my homeless years but could not afford housing......I busked on guitar while in DC which helped me make money and keep my sanity......It's a very sad situation, I don't know what the answers are.....but harassing the homeless should in itself be a crime...
My daughter and I were both homeless but we made it and are here! Keep going and never give up! 🙏❤️
I'm a 67 year old woman who was homeless in 2016 and was on disability and. Couldn't afford a place on my own. That's why I was homeless. I got really sick and ended up in the hospital the people helped me there. I'm now in an assisted living facility. Thank you for the people at Methodist hospital. God bless them!!!!!
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It can happen to anyone. These are people not rubbish. Help those in need!
Amen Amen...
Very Well Said...
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how saddening..no help for these people 😓
omg those condemning those that are helping..why are they night building houses?
God Help Them
Amazing job with this film. Should be shown in schools. People need to be taught empathy and compassion. Contrary to what many think, it doesn't come naturally.
School are for reading, writing and arithmetic… please keep your agenda out of schools, there not your schools…
Maurice is a good man. He has a heart of gold and a gentle soul. I teared up when they cuffed him. Even more so bcuz no matter what, Maurice kept on smiling.
Poor Maurice. The bridge is being cleaned while the people are being treated like rubbish.
@@jimbo43ohara51 yeah and likely being cleaned by former inmates who'd been arrested for homelessness and released Under the sentence of community service for x number of hours on 20 weekends.Ironic is it not?
It's disgusting how he was treated. It broke my heart
I wonder how Maurice is doing, now! Does anyone know?
I'm sure that town has a empty building somewhere there, where they can put the homeless people in
Not sure who to attribute this to, but someone very wise said: "You judge a society by how they treat those who are the most destitute and powerless". 'Nuff said...
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The US spends about half its total budget on care for the poor, especially older poor, in the form of Medicare, Medicaid, subsidized or government housing, welfare, food stamps, etc….by far the biggest item and more than the double the second item, the entire defense budget.
But it is just a tough issue - knew a social worker who described spending ~20 hours getting a homeless person the job they wanted….watering and caring for plants at a large garden center, including arranging transportation, talking the boss into giving them a try, etc. The person did great for 9 days…then quit, with the only explanation being “it was fine, but God has other plans for me.” Many (not all of course) also have an aversion to any rule or requirement, seeing it as control, to the point that some have left housing, shelters or programs due to them having rules.
And providing mental health care is also tremendously difficult…for many, there are no effective treatments, inpatient care is hugely expensive (just to keep everyone safe takes lots of staff), and many who need it most will decline or leave to go back on the street. Just few easy answers.
How City leaders, media & law enforcement persecute the homeless is beyond heartbreaking😥
It's everywhere... In England, in Europe. They want to destroy the weakest... to teach the lower middle class/working class a lesson... do as you're told or that's what will happen to you! It's all about the fear. Only the fearless shall overcome this scourge.
Genocide, attrition, destruction of the family and cultural values, elimination of the elderly and independent thinkers.
They turned everything upside down and backwards on this country, it's not an accident. They created these problems then pretend to fix them, but doubling down and making things worse instead. Their demons who destroy lives.
It's not persecution. They are breaking laws and being a nuisance, even a danger to then and others. Camping on the streets should not be allowed.
Maurice, we think alike...I have ALWAYS said....if I'm serving them (elderly) I'm serving HIM. My purpose here is to serve....it took me 30 years to realize and understand what my purpose is. It's been a wonderful, painful, heartbreaking beautiful journey
Indiana being my home state and Indianapolis being my residence for over twenty years l absolutely remember this travesty. I walked every location in this video countless times. I've experienced on three occasions periods of homelessness. Not nearly as severe or of a duration that these people have had to endure. In 87 l slept in a tent at a campground south of the city. In 95 my two children and I lived in an RV my dad give me, and in 18 l lived in a Jayco Feather Light camper, on property owned by a friend of mine. After about six weeks the authorities said l had to go because the property was zoned agricultural and my camper was considered as a dwelling. It's tough not having a sense of place no matter what the circumstances. Being down on your luck is not a crime, and personally in 22 and beyond l see it being more of an issue than ever.
I’m 51 years old and One of the few things I’ve learned in life is that I’ve met better people under bridges than I have in upper class side of the city’s
Yeah. hate to say it but almost dont see that America will ever be the same. Its almost like they Want people to lose everything. They make sure there are criminals flowing across the border bringing enough drugs to kill everyone 10 xs over.
LOL..... It's tough being responsible. Developing and maintaining healthy relationships, obeying the law, busting your a## at work 45-55+ hours a week, being on time, paying bills, working hard, being accountable to others, and sacrificing to save a few dollars along the way is not an easy life. That's why so many homeless people don't do it.
Yes you are correct. I hope you and yours can weather what is happening.
@@tomjohnson3141 must be nice to be up there in your white tower, looking down on everyone
Bravo to the people who made this. One of the best docs I have watched on the issue. Any of us could be any of these people at anytime. God bless u for making this film, God bless Maurice and all the other homeless and their advocates.
Shame on money hungry box checkers. I hope they have a hard time sleeping at night.
that guy said the govt had no constitutional obligation to help homeless... but yet in most every case, the govts greed and decisions are a big part of what causes homelessness! wake up ppl
He was smug and soulless
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I came across this video and it is the most heartbreaking thing I thought I have seen in my life I've seen many homeless people and I've done everything I could to help anyone and everyone regardless of race or color that is just who I am and in My DNA all that was involved first I want to thank the gentleman for covering the footage with all the homeless people out there they're not fighting they're not arguing they're just trying to live from day to day but today is febuary the 12th 2024 and we have more and more homeless people on the street with families with bad health but we have so many migrants taken over our children's schools and God knows what else is going to come out of this I cannot thank you enough for showing the awareness of our homeless living on the street anyone I Believe in My heart by the grace of God knows where I'm coming from and what I'm going to say is anyone that had their any parts of how they treat or how they treat all the Americans that lived and died here for each and every one of us the good Lord and karma will come back to those that has done wrong by others karma never loses an address Jesus was poor I think that today that the heavenly father is bringing out all the homeless to show what is to come everyone can learn from the ones on the street they see with clear glasses everyone that thinks they have it sees do the Rose colored glasses I am so grateful that I am not the only one out there trying to fight I can't thank you guys enough for sharing this those who cast stones the one who had the money to help those are the ones at the end of the days will be running to the homeless for help because let's face it we all know what's coming and the sad part is it is the homeless that will share more love and light and bring you in and feed you whatever they could because God has touched them and more ways than anyone can ever imagine so my messages always treat people the way you want to be treated be kind to the homeless talk to them ask them if I can do something for you today because after all we are All God's children never forget that one day you might be in their shoes and they will be the first ones to have your back and love you unconditionally and never care where you came from that is a message that God has been trying to share with everyone and no one is listening
People need a JOB. They need skills to get a job and they need hope. The churches are providing the hope. If they want change, they need training. Most Community colleges offer skills. If they can't stay sober, then no one is going to want to help them. The minute the gov't steps in to help, all the things taxpayers pay for, suddenly lose funding to pay for this mess. People need to step up and start being responsible for their own lives. I spent one year totally homeless. I worked, I saved and eventualy got my own apartment. It was hard as heck, but I did it.
I was homeless for about five years in Phoenix Arizona and it was very difficult! Surviving on the streets takes a lot of endurance and motivation! If you have an addiction that makes it so much harder.
Luckily I was with my best friend and he protected us,but let me tell you,we got jumped at a park by four native American men and they didn't care that I was disabled with a walker,we did nothing to provoke this ultracat ion and they really hurt my friend we called the police and because I kinda fought back with a pair of sewing shears in one of their back because he was kicking my friend in the face and all four of them were punching and kicking him I had to do something,the police threatened to arrest us and believed the four said we claimed to be white supremacists! Which was bull crap! I was at this park because I had a female issue,cysts on my ovaries and I was just trying to lay in the shade not bothering anyone!I was in so much pain,I had already been to four hospitals and I couldn't get any help,as soon as they knew we were homeless we got treated like crap! So after that happened we went to the hospital and my friend got ten stitches near his eye and had a broken nose they had to set his nose and put rhino rockets up his nostrils,his whole face was cut up and swollen! It was brutal! But as I was saying we had it a little better than most of our friends out there because we didn't have to support a drug habit:) we got to donate plasma which helped a lot and we had each other! But sometimes it was bad when mean people would do stuff like one night we were sleeping sitting up at a bus stop and woke up to being spray painted,some jerk and his friends in a car pulled up and spray painted our faces! It was so bad:( people in cars would drive by and throw rocks at us or eggs! I just couldn't believe people could be so immature and heartless! Luckily it's all behind us now,we got into permanent supportive housing:) we have been here since 2017, and it's awesome:)Most of the people who live here are still using drugs and I can't see why but that's their choice,we just stay to ourselves and we are doing very well:)I'm in the process of getting disability and widows benefits,and my friend works for bike food delivery service!to be continued........
I'm so blessed, hopefully more of these programs will help people! God bless you all and thanks for your time:)
Very interesting & entertaining story. Glad you guys fought back & are back on stable ground. I had a similar incident while living in a shelter. Walked to the corner store for ciggys and a LGBTQ member started the business with me. Due to me not wanting to engage in his personal problems (had my own honestly). He started to follow and harrass me. When I was leaving the store, he was waiting outside the door for me and jumped to scare me ..i guess! I reacted before I knew what I was doing and hit him dead square in the jaw with my coke! His mouth started to bleed & HE YELLED YOUR GOING TO JAIL!!! I hauled ass back to the shelter before curfew...all the while he's following me attempting to hit me with those orange construction cones! It's hilarious now. People will prey on the weak if you let them.
So happy for you!
This has been a very profound story. 💀
Congratulations on getting out of the homeless nightmare and you both are now housed ! Happy Fourth to you both .🎉🎉
I hope these men can all sleep at night taking all their belongings. God bless everyone. So heart breaking
I read the article about his death in IndyStar and about to search for Maurice's TedTalk. I don't know him, but I miss him. Its bizzare. This shows the massive impact this man's life energy had on others. He lived his life well serving others. What an amazing man.
Maurice is a friend to humanity.
I see he recently passed from COVID 😢
Except to his family. Remember he had a wife that left him and more importantly a KID that he attempted to kidnap and flee to a different state. I wonder how his offspring are and if the are upset their dad is not in their life. Or how they would feel to see that he is a caring kind man, just not to them.
@@garyhost1830 eat your underwear
@@zorazorazorzzora8333 Yea, covid my ass.
@@garyhost1830 damn that fool must owe you money? did you know him personally...I didn't.
I just got out of wheeler mission 2 days ago. I have a severe opioid addiction since the age of 16, I'm 28 now. I've met and seen many of these ladies and gentlemen during my various stints of homelessness. May an angle be appointed to everyone of these souls.
This was an excellent documentary!! I myself am homeless so I feel tremendously for these people. I think it's really sad how they went about doing what they did to these people. The city is truly horrible for the treatment of their homeless citizens.
I know it's been quite a while since this documentary was made but I'm sure it will leave a laying impression.
Thank you so much to the people who made this for this time and effort.
THE HOMELESS DO NOT NEED. PEOPLE TO TELL THEM HOW TO LIVE THEY NEED THERE BROTHERS TOHELP NOT JUDGE THEM
They need someone to tell them how to live judging by their garbage filled tent citys. Imaging if they could organise themselves into a labour force. No one would hate the homeless if they spent 8 hours a day beautifying the city/town. I've always felt if your not working 8-12hours a day then you have 8-12 hours to find work
It's beautiful to see people who have practically nothing giving to others
Yeswhile people who have everything give nothing
@@321usa They're too busy enjoying life (their wealth/blessings).
6 mil for a cricket field that nobody gives a damn about. But no funding for homeless? CRIMINAL.
“Do gooders” What the hell has this world come to when individuals DOING GOOD for other people is termed as some sort of bad thing?!?!?!😱 Yep, I am living in Orwell’s 1984 where people use “double speak” daily and his-story is rewritten so fast it is hard to keep up!!!!! Shame on those news casters reporting on people helping the less fortunate as if it were a bad thing!!!!!😤
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Exactly. We were raised to help people and do the right thing. Suddenly, they have switched it up, made a 180, and didn't bother to tell anyone.... Feels like governments are always setting up traps for us.... They truly HATE the people they are paid by to serve... Why don't we start hating them the same way? Lol probably a good idea.
"Do gooders" means people who are not doing good. Your opinion is not what determines when your help is good. Results speak for themselves.
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Sorry Jane, but you seem to have missed the boat this one. How old are you? I ask this because the term “do gooder” means someone who is well meaning but does so to the point of becoming annoying and or overly helpful when in actual fact their help wasn’t needed at all. The term was never originally coined to mean someone doing “wrong or bad or something ugly”. Maybe teens and early 20 something’s have high jacked the term and turned it into something ugly, but that would be a “slang” use of the term. And that is certainly not “my opinion”, it’s Webster’s definition of the words! 🤷🏼♀️😝
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Greed is the problem period ....
I bet these people thank God for a guy like Maurice. What a awesome individual.
RIP Maurice Young....a true man of God who didn't need any organized religions of any kind to teach him humility, love compassion, devotion and giving.
Some people spend their whole lives searching for life's purpose. You found it along with the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Rest easy my fellow empath, rest easy for this side is only for the narcissists and psychopaths who have no empathy and no soul whatsoever!
I dedicate Nirvana's "Something In The Way" to you and all those homeless people who have passed away.
For those still alive, I dedicate Red Hot Chili Peppers's "Under The Bridge".
They both sum up the heartlessness of the narcissists that live in this world and how they treat those with wounded yet beautiful spirits!!
When someone who works for the city says: "that's a good question" when asked:" what would make this city better"? He/she shouldn't work for the city!
Indiana is cold af in winter. I wouldn't want to be homeless here.
RIP Maurice. ❤️
Wes was not a guy in a wheelchair 😢 he was a veteran of this country who lost his legs and suffered flashbacks and PTSD.
It is disgusting how the homeless are treated in this country!
This absolutely broke my heart💔 God bless ALL the homeless they are his children to🙏
God bless Maurice and all the homeless people fighting to survive on the streets
About a year ago afew homeless people were in front of the dollar store . It was really raining. They asked me for some money and I said i have Fiver and y'all have to split it. After thanking me, the first thing they did was go into the store and bought a plastic tarp to put over their friend to keep him dry. He was too sick to get up. I went home and cried so hard. The FIRST THING they thought of was their sick friend.😢
There have been other attempts at programs like Cot Force, including one hoping to reduce ER care costs by giving the most frequent homeless ER visitors housing, outpatient nursing visits, make sure they had their prescriptions, etc. It actually…..failed, and cost the city more and did not significantly reduce ER visits (the results were summarized on NPR a few years ago).
It is one of those things that seem like it should work, but which is often shown not to in practice.
I believe being homeless is one of the worst things, in some ways even worse than prison. I know everybody thinks prison is absolutely Hell on earth, but being homeless is no picnic. I cannot imagine being outside prone to excessive heat, torrential rain, and in some parts of the country snowstorms and freezing temperatures. Then, your whole day consists of what to eat (I've seen some eating out of dumpsters), where to go to the bathroom, where to sleep. People tell you to get a job, and look down on you, and other homeless people can beat and rob you. Then you got the cops and people telling you to move your sorry ass someplace else. It's survival of the fittest. Decisions you take for granted like taking a shower are now a reality. Many stores and restaurants don't want the homeless to use their bathrooms. And then, there's the boredom and temptation to do drugs which inevitably make things worse. Sure, giving up your freedom by going to prison sucks, but what freedom do you have in America without money. Sure, you can look at sunsets and all that, but life is tough. In prison you got a roof over your head, free meals, free medical, some inmates can actually play video games, and an imagination to take you to that beach looking at sunsets.
You. Said it all man
Being in prison is death to me! I’d rather take my freedom on the streets and die trying!
I do houseless advocation in my community, it's unacceptable how little local governments do for folks. The amount of treachery has increased in cities all over the us.
To nobody you're not nobody you matter you are somebody
There you have it the mentally ill displaced just as refugees in Syria and other war torn
countries same shit different day
You can thank Bedtime for Bonzo prez
Ronnie for shutting all the mental health facilities down . They have no place to go
Good on you who help those who are homeless and poor! You are doing God's will! As for those who complain about what the helpers are doing they are Religous Pharisees.
Something hasto be done about all these homeless people ,the old and with children .I read where some old people have to eat one meal a day .Then the rich keep talking about everybody should buy stock. What are you going to buy it with.?
Maurice is a beautiful soul. I hope he's well
0:25 that was taken in McPherson Sq Washington DC.. I took a photo of that very same person in the blanket that same year. This shit hurts, I am currently homeless. Got hurt at work, workmans cmp is garbage.. This is a very well done film.
Unbelievable!! The way some of them talk about these homeless people. Especially that old bag with the white bobbed hair. The nerve of her looking like she got one foot in the grave!! She ought to have some compassion
I was homeless after my accident, for 17yrs on and off, I was on and off because I never had a stable place.
The city would take everything I had every month. It cost me $1000.00
To get what I needed to survive.
It will never change.
There needs to be more people like this man who stayed homeless for 10yrs to help other people. That's all they had was each other.
And the city thinks its better to take that away from them .
Only difference between Homeless people and indoor people is indoor people have walls and can hide their humanity and live a facade, whole pointing their fingers and judging a Homeless person for being like them, but in the open.
"Imagine this: You come home one day to a sign on your door saying 'we are repossessing everything". I can't imagine that, because it cannot happen, because I own all of my stuff and have no debt. If you rent things you're a fool. If you've gotten yourself locked into the cycle of perpetual auto loans you're a fool... we need to teach financial literacy in grade school and humility in general. You do NOT need a fancy car that you finance, I have so much more respect for the guy driving the 8 year old civic without a loan than I do for the one driving the new Mustang that is financed.
Rich or poor life goes on positive vibes is what you want hope flows in God we trust ♥️
The NOTORIOUS CANADIAN MUSICIANS OF YESTERDAY-YEAR should stop their childish arguments over band members and “guessing who” is the fraud and help. Cummings was involved in the theft of my log home in Wisconsin in 2014. My minor son and I were home less for years. He arranged the entire theft through remote access and messing with our rural telephone company. He has a horrible reputation as a criminal. And Canada does nothing! Alias GEORGE SLADEK. Thank you for your comment.
I love Maurice very very good man he sacrificed a lot for the grace of God in the good God bless you Maurice into the guys who did the video and the documentary God bless you guys as well until all The Advocates that got arrested and all the sponsors that tried to help these people God bless you all sad day it's a sad day
Thanks for this! Great work. Makes you really feel for these people.
In Seattle they put up cyclone fencing underneath all bridges to keep out tents and rvs......
Well presented. Thank you guys for telling the truth about the system of homelessness.
My husband and I were homeless off and on for 3 years am 53 he 43 in San Diego California but we don’t do drugs or alcohol just hit hard times I never realized how people really don’t care about the homeless it’s so sad but the churches did help out a lot 😊
Everyone deserves food, clothing, education, healthcare, and housing!! Nobody is exempt from these necessities!!
Man this takes me back. Alot of us is in housing working some of past away r.i.p. to Mr. Young miss you homeboy
I am still homeless currently staying with friends in exchange for work for the winter. That said I have spent years in tents travelling. Sleeping on the side of the road.
I have also owned 3 level victorian's BMWs Mercedes. Even all my gear right now is stuff I just gathered over the years.
Hard to be homeless when the world is your home.
It can be an overwhelming challenge to motivate the wealthy and fortunate people's to care about the poor and the downtrodden. The generous people I've ever met in Life were some of the poorest individuals I had ever known and I cannot say the same for those enjoy a life of luxury, comfort, and security provided by money and the credit system.
Great comments below. My brothers and sisters in Christ ❤️🙏
This is the MOST story/issue I've viewed/absorbed online/digitally. This was first viewed six months ago. Where do these participants/organizers stand today ? Are they housed, through the help/initiative/assistance of any other Indianapolis locals ? I truly wonder . . . 💀 🇺🇲 😡
Where there is a glimmer of light, there is also a glimmer of hope;
That bridge their camped under looks like it's about to crumble down on top of them.
It probably is. This is the USA after all.
That bridge looks like characteristic 1930s "New Deal" architecture. Most of the infrastructure in small towns was built thanks to the "New Deal" that was put in place by President Roosevelt during the Great Depression. You can generally look and somewhere there will be a date on it and it will always be in the 1930s. So it's great that it's been built, but it's not been maintained since then and will only be replaced, maybe, after it falls down. That's how things are actually done in the US.
I noticed that In a way It was a good thing they were moved along.
People don't understand homelessness they wanna say they care but they will turn their head on their own family
great work, thank you for shining a light on this progressive illness in all our major cities
Got to - 106:??. Couldn't watch further. I've been homeless many times.
It's a hard life...
Even harder to start from scratch..
16yrs later and I still cannot feel alive in a house.
This is making me so so sad. Ive been homeless for 4 and half years. It started after a bad divorce. I went down wrong path cause of hate and anger and got into drugs. Now im 3 years clean. I was saved by a pitbull...and the love of my 3 kids. Honestly i dont see the light at the end of the tunnel anymore. Shelters wont take me and my dog. Theres no way out of homelessness!!!
The few who care about us are villianized. So sad....and people ask why i lost faith in my God!!! I dont even pray any more. You didnt even touch on some of the darest issues of hate crimes and explotation of us. I am leaving here when i leave this hotel..
All those people that were involved in taking that community down, throwing there belongings away, that's so sad. Just so sad 😔
Most of these individuals are hero's in their own right. Compassion, love, unselfish humans
The dude with the dreads is amazing
No amount of helping the homeless enables them to be homeless. Homelessness is not a choice. It's a difficult way to live.
Some people are put on this earth for a reason and they usually are the warriors whos been through this bullshit there selfs and they teach people to go into the right direction for them individuals
This Doug Harrison is the most pathetic person ever. Unfortunately, he represents the attitude of our politicians. We're building elaborate high rise condos but leaving the homeless behind. Make it make sense.
It doesn’t
Not yust that. We've also used coke and Crack ( heroin in the 59s and 60s) to gentrification, which not only created a huge homeless problem starting in the 90s but fueled a major expansion of prison slave labor and destroyed many families and life's. All seeded by our tax money.
@@rccook4651 you're correct. Drugs were designed as a means of control. We see the disparities in the community. Homelessness is growing across the US, yet most funding is used to help other countries.
What would I do?
I would reflect on the very long series of very bad decisions that I made that put me where I found myself!
I wouldn’t consider myself homeless but rather Happily Houseless. I live in my van, shower at the gym daily etc…
Ye must be born again!
For we're not saved by good works, but rather, by Faith through Grace!
Notwithstanding, ah little can be so sweet, when there is nothing;
I was homeless in Texas and got in trouble for sleeping in a public area for safety reasons. Thankfully not arrested
When I was in the publishing industry, I had a tradeshow at the Indianapolis Convention Center. And there was a Young Black Journalist's Conference there too. There were hundreds of students there, and I was so happy and proud to see how far we had come. (Circa 2005). What has happened? Our government has failed our people, that's what.
Bless you All.
Maurices face would make a great front for a charity. Beautiful man. Rest in peace good Sir ❤
RIP Maurice
Maurice didn’t die🤔🤥😡
“If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency first by inflation then by deflation the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their Fathers conquered... I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies... The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs.”
Thomas Jefferson
Help your brother along the way.bring God back into the fabric of america.he is sorely needed today.
Great work you guys
The lady says ,if your not at that point, then your not welcome.
interviewer- "how did you become homeless?"
"i got relieved of my duties at the surgery center"
"because i didnt have a medical degree..."
interviewer- "soooooo what were you doing there?'...lmao
He was a purchasing agent . You don’t need a medical degree to buy stuff…
Lol was great. He was repping up for a good story that just deflated with "purchasing agent" 🤣
I’m one check away from being homeless ❤❤❤myself
The Lord hear the cries of the poor🙏
I can't believe people criticize churches for helping and giving. I understand not everyone shares the same beliefs but you can not demand churches change their mission because a bunch of liberal bureaucrats want them too. If you don't want to hear what they have to say don't go there. Those churches deserve to have the same protection of their rights as everyone else. Why is it that churches are the only ones willing to commit to running those shelters? Because of the same beliefs that people are complaining about.
Thank God somebody bringing food
Marie sounds like a decent good person to help someone with a 10
I am homeless myself in Denver, Colorado. Most heartbreaking thing is the violence between the homeless, stealing from each other, hurting each other. It's sad and makes us weak..
The big government wants the mass to be dependent, addicted, uneducated, and not stand together. This keeps the population as a whole weak
Drugs make humans into animals I’ve been there & sober I’d never b a thief
Bullshit . Ita not the gov . It's the American people .
My friend is homeless in Colorado. I talked to him briefly last night as the snow was pouring down. And he told me about the homeless stealing everything he owned time after time. You posted this a year ago. I think things have become much worse this year. I don't know how anyone survives on the streets. But more and more people are losing everything and ending up dumped on the side of the road.
You are absolutely right! Not only because I agree but because it is the truth! When we allow them to keep us fighting they keep us divided and as long as they keep us divided they will always have control of us. Making sure our government is never a government by the people for the people. Divide and concur isn't just a saying!!!
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I will always remember this homeless man, who asked me for a cigarette while me & my fiancé were on our way home after a night out in Bristol. he was so polite & well kept considering he was homeless! I gave him one & asked if we could sit down & join him, he was so chuffed. When we got chatting I realised straight away that he had a very educated accent, I asked him how was he in this situation.. His ex wife had taken him for every penny he had(He was a artist who had been very successful) We sat with him for hours talking as we had our own successful catering business, we gave him £100 to get a hotel room and some food, and offered him a job, he stayed for 5yrs, he was fabulous & he eventually trained to be a chef and has his own business now! If we had just walked passed who knows where he would be now, we are so proud to say he is our good friend still after 15yrs! I know this is not the case for a lot of homeless people but you know when it feels like they deserve a chance!
Wow! You rock, my friend.
I'm in England.its not a problem of homelessness. It's a problem of houselessness.
Without an address you can't get up off the floor.
@@wildandbarefoot Your totally right, the government don't give them a chance! It's the pu lic who set up soup kitchens etc, why don't they build some hostels for them there's plenty of volunteers out there who would help out..
Wow you are an earth angel for me coz you restored the broken one every restorer of broken life was an angel for me...
@@davidwhelan1545 until you have no own house roof to protect you from fog you considered as a homeless like me living in an apartment renting for almost 25 yrs.this place looks like hotel looks so cozy, my friend said I have better life but I don't have own house so I'm considered myself as homeless ...
I cried watching this. And I'm a grown man. It hurts to see people who are unfortunate being treated like that. Your government is eager to help other country by giving billions in weapons & aids. But they turn a blind eye on their own
Welcome to mine and my kids life
God bless you, I hope you turn to the Lord and he will help you in whatever situation you’re in
FACTS.
This biden administration now does not give two damns about the homeless or any other American who doesn't agree with their agenda we need to take our country back from this ridiculous terrible administration!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Welcome to America
For anyone watching this who may be homeless... About 10 years ago I got released from prison in Illinois, was a homeless heroin addict on the south side of Chicago for two years after that. Found a treatment center in Gary, IN. Then went into a halfway house and OBEYED THE RULES. Started with the clothes on my back. Took two years to get my driver's license back, etc, etc. Doing odd jobs to pay old fines, etc. Saved up to buy a hammer, a drill, a wrench, work boots. Absolutely no place would hire me because of my felonies. Just kept going, and four years later have my own contacting company. It can be done but it takes EFFORT from YOURSELF.
proud of you 👏
Thats so true, if you want it, glad you overcome it
Thanks guys! ❤ 🙏
I need to show my bro you comment . He is in the cycle of smack and being in and out and homelessness, he is a great worker and if he could just put one foot in front of the other he could easily run a successful business and NEVER worry about most of the stuff that seems to flip over his life. I think he expects he will get a big score instead of slowly running the race. I had him clean and detoxed a month or two ago but went off at him for drinking. He left and now he is sleeping in his car. DRUGS DONT JUST AFFECT THE USER. I know it not my fault but I blame myself for his relapse
now Thats a comment !
so Proud of you !
and look how far youv come !
Wow, you did an amazing job on this documentary. With love. Your parents did an amazing job raising a son who would push so hard so gently. I wanted to cry for the homeless, and then cry for your efforts, too.
Trillions for war and very little for humans, the mentally ill and the broken sad world.
It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society - Jiddu Krishnamurti America is in the business of war now with the rest of the world full scale, the US economy is collapsing and war means business. It wouldn't unfair to say America government is the business of war.
The real problem is the attitude of these city officials. Lots and lots of federal dollars have poured into communities to address homelessness especially in recent years, but it is squandered or gets spent on something else possibly. These city officials pretty much revealed their lack of interest in helping the homeless. First they blamed it on New York, claiming NY sends its homeless to Indiana! ( 😳😳). Then they said it's their choice to be homeless and not the responsibility of the larger society to support or house them, even though many of these people are mentally ill or addicted to drugs or alcohol and obviously cannot change their circumstances without support. So this attitude is the problem. Red states tend to underfund social safety net programs and generally despise the poor and vulnerable.
Trillions poured into foreign aide, and have been for decades….. do some research into that.
And this money has been given to particular countries that actively hate us and are actively sponsoring terror against America.
We have poured trillions into the same countries with little show of improvement , because corrupt goverment officials take the money and goods for themselves or warlords take the goods and keep them, sell them or sell them to the people that were supposed to get them for free.
If we cut some of that , we could do much better by our veterans , our homeless, and the millions of other things that need funding in America.
The US spends 50% of its entire annual budget on aid to the poor, especially older poor, in the form of Medicare, Medicaid, welfare, supplemented housing, assisted living for the older poor, pensions, etc. is more than double the next biggest item….the entire defense budget, with actual wars being a small percent of what is what is spent on poorer Americans. Google a pie graph of the budget if you don’t believe it,
Welcome, my son, to the machine.
I was homeless for 3 years on the streets of Massachusetts and I was keeping my heavy duffel bag in a burnt down building during the day so I didn't have to lug it around. I went in to get some things and change my clothes and the next thing I knew a cop was standing in the broken down doorway screaming at me. Now mind you there are no doors, windows and half the building was burnt down. As soon as I stepped out the door I was tackled by a cop they literally stood on my neck and face in the gravel telling me if I moved they would kick me in the face. I literally didn't do anything but do what they told me to and they beat me for absolutely nothing just because I was homeless. They actually tried to charge me with breaking and entering into the building with no doors. I took pictures and brought them to court I showed the judge and she was pissed at the cops for doing what they did it was great watching her yell at them once the system did the right thing. The people who I met on the streets were some of the best nicest kind people I have ever met they just had problems. Some mental health issues some PTSD and other like myself addiction but I never hurt anyone. People think because you are homeless you are automatically a horrible person which couldn't be further from the truth. Sorry for the rant 😂
I’m with the police make you out as a criminal mental illness and addiction been there done that got into housing first in Boulder co doing well for the last 6 years God bless
Rant on! .. take care be well.
@@DVincentW Thanks man appreciate it
Wonder if it was one of those dirty cops from the show this is our town on hbo max
So sorry that happened to you. I am glad to hear the judge saw it for what it was, and judged in your favor. (& stood for justice)
One of the best documentaries I have ever watched.
Mr. Maurice Young is the epitome of leadership. I cannot express just how impressive he was as a human being. I'm sure he isn't perfect, but his calm leadership and wisdom really is inspiring.
Shame on the City of Indiana for their treatment of this community.
Best wishes from Prague, Czech Republic.
Hope! Leading the way. th-cam.com/video/0jt_6PBnCJE/w-d-xo.html HOPE! when enough understand, desire and have the will for this change. HOPE!
@keltic341thoughtyouknuskii34What do you mean? How did he pass away? So tragic.
Young, 53, was found unresponsive at the Wheeler Mission men’s shelter early the morning of Jan. 31, officials at the shelter told IndyStar. The coroner's office said the cause of his death is still pending.
Your home now Maurice and helped so many along the way..🙏🙏🙏
So sorry to hear about Maurice. He was a great soul.
God bless you Maurice! I have tears and a broken heart for a caring man with a huge smile, and love for all
Aww that made me cry out loud….I’m so sorry for the good guys.🕊
All I have to say about the atrocity that happened to him is: It is TIME for SATAN to be DRIVEN OUT OF THIS WORLD!!!
I am sorry to hear of this unselfish man who gave of himself to many, may he Rest In Peace which I am certain he will.