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CaseyJones
04-10-2013, 10:45 AM
http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/05/4164931/underground-homeless-camp-cleared.html


Kansas City police, a local charity and other city departments on Friday cleared out and filled in a complex of elaborate tunnels and holes at a homeless camp near the East Bottoms.

“One of the tunnels probably went 20 to 25 feet underground towards the back and veered off in another direction about six feet or so, and there was some bedding and some candles,” said Officer Jason Cooley, community interaction officer for the East Patrol. “It was kind of in a little hill and probably four feet beneath the surface.”

Another tunnel dropped about five feet into the ground before shooting off laterally for seven or eight feet. Many of the holes were concealed. At least one had wood stacked around it and others were bare earth. PVC pipe provided ventilation. What especially concerned Cooley was a pile of recently soiled diapers, indicating the presence of children.

more at link ^

jkr
04-10-2013, 10:52 AM
wOr on poverty

WM_in_MO
04-10-2013, 10:52 AM
Can't have people not living on the take.

oyarde
04-10-2013, 11:08 AM
That was my vacation destination , figured it would be better than work .....

Acala
04-10-2013, 11:12 AM
We had to destroy the village in order to save it.

On a serious note, someone there knows how to make a nice tunnel. Perfectly arched roof, flat floor, and nice, smooth surface.

tod evans
04-10-2013, 11:14 AM
Industrious homeless folks dig their own shelters and refuse state aid....

State destroys shelters.....:mad:

jbauer
04-10-2013, 11:15 AM
We had to destroy the village in order to save it.

On a serious note, someone there knows how to make a nice tunnel. Perfectly arched roof, flat floor, and nice, smooth surface.

Hill 60 was an interesting movie about tunnelers in WW1

Acala
04-10-2013, 11:19 AM
Hill 60 was an interesting movie about tunnelers in WW1

I would be interested to learn how to do it without being killed in a cave-in. Wouldn't like that.

AGRP
04-10-2013, 11:23 AM
Where are they supposed to live if they cant live on the streets above or underground?

tod evans
04-10-2013, 12:42 PM
Where are they supposed to live if they cant live on the streets above or underground?

Seeding the FEMA camps.........

Bryan
04-10-2013, 05:11 PM
The array of state resources used for this minor operations is quite impressive. In just a few paragraphs they outlined the deployment of:


Police officers
City public workers
An earth moving machine (Bobcat)
A search robot
Animal control personnel
Representatives from the Department of Veterans Affairs

I'm surprised CPS didn't show up since there were diapers found.

kcchiefs6465
04-10-2013, 05:14 PM
The array of state resources used for this minor operations is quite impressive. In just a few paragraphs they outlined the deployment of:


Police officers
City public workers
An earth moving machine (Bobcat)
A search robot
Animal control personnel
Representatives from the Department of Veterans Affairs

I'm surprised CPS didn't show up since there were diapers found.
I'd bet they did.

madengr
04-10-2013, 05:25 PM
Did the cops use a bobcat or a bearcat? I thought standard procedure would use acetylene.

Philhelm
04-10-2013, 06:32 PM
Poaching the King's sewage.

jkr
04-10-2013, 06:51 PM
it has to stop
it HAS to...

oyarde
04-11-2013, 12:39 AM
Poaching the King's sewage.

:) Screw the King.

Philhelm
04-11-2013, 09:24 PM
:) Screw the King.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g9zxduFtSM

Origanalist
04-11-2013, 09:51 PM
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