{"id":14910,"date":"2014-06-08T14:05:59","date_gmt":"2014-06-08T18:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=14910"},"modified":"2015-08-10T03:17:35","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T07:17:35","slug":"anti-homeless-spikes-weapon-against-outdoor-sleepers-draws-angry-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/anti-homeless-spikes-weapon-against-outdoor-sleepers-draws-angry-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Homeless Spikes: Weapon Against Outdoor Sleepers Draws Angry Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"
A bed of metal spikes appeared recently in the doorway of a pricey London apartment complex, and now some residents, as well as Twitter users, are outraged. They say the spikes are a brutal and inhuman method to prevent homeless people from sleeping outside the posh residential building where apartments sell for $1.3 million \u2014 and up.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a homeless man asleep there about six weeks ago,\u201d one resident of the building todl London\u2019s Telegraph newspaper. \u201cThen about two weeks ago all of a sudden studs were put up outside. I presume it is to deter homeless people from sleeping there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another resident confirmed the purpose of the inch-high spikes.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s because of the homeless. The spikes have only been there very recently, less than a month,\u201d the resident \u2014 who asked not to be named \u2014 told the newspaper.<\/p>\n
Not everyone in the ritzy neighborhood was thrilled about the anti-homeless spikes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel really uncomfortable having these spikes in front of my home,\u201d said local resident Emi Takehara. \u201cIt\u2019s like treating these homeless people like animals.\u201d<\/p>\n
The expensive building is located at 118 Southwark Bridge Road in central London. But a representative of the Southwark Council said the local government had nothing to do with this new weapon against the homeless.<\/p>\n