[KC_Conspirator]

Where do I get one of those shirts? I could wear it next time when I sit in a cardboard box on a college campus in order to call attention to the plight of the homeless.

[fooman]

They are Bums, not homeless.

[wideawake]

Given the comments that the dirtbag bums around here make to women in the street, I'm surprised that it isn't the bums who are wearing the "F*ck the Homeless" T-shirts.

[ken5050]

What the good people of Tulsa shoudl do, IMHO, is collect funds to purchase many non-exchangeable or non-refundable Greyhound tickets to San Francisco..and hand them out..they should give each person a box lunch, $10 walking around money, and a guidebook to the City by the Bay...

[RoseofTexas]

WOW! There's a lot of homeless going on!! OH, I forgot, it was UTOPIA when Bubba ruled! It's Homeless, misery, third world outlook when a republican is in office....ME BAD! (sarcasm/off)

[MineralMan]

Given that the cops released the guy, I suspect there is more to this story than is reported here.

I've known lots of bar owners, but haven't met any that closed up then put on brass knuckles to leave the bar.

Seems possible to me that these two left the bar looking for a fight. I've certainly seen that happen. Homeless guys are usually pretty easy to kick the heck out of, since they're generally undernourished and often mentally ill.

Could be they picked the wrong homeless guy to rough up that night.

I'd like to hear more of the story.

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

Estimates on the number of homeless in Tulsa at any given time range from 700 to 1,500 in a city of nearly 400,000. 400,000 people in Tulsa???? Really?

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

Estimates on the number of homeless in Tulsa at any given time range from 700 to 1,500 in a city of nearly 400,000.

400,000 people in Tulsa???? Really?

[OXENinFLA]

Where do I get one of those shirts?

That's what I was wondering too.

I'm sick of the homeless here in JAX. They like to walk their woven wire wheeled homes (aka Grocery Carts) down the middle of the road, and they DO panhandle, normally around restaurants downtown around lunch.

I do feel slightly bad for them, but I believe homeless are that way because of choices THEY have made over the years or just straight out CHOOSE to stay on the street.

Also, once they know you'll give them $$$ they'll be waiting for you everyday trying to get more out of ya.............< /rant>

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Bump to read later.

[LibWhacker]

Howard was chased down and bashed repeatedly in the back of the head.

If that's true, it's hard to claim self-defense. OTOH, just for the sake of argument, look at it from the bum's point of view . . . TWO punks with brass knuckles -- and anyone who carries brass knuckles IS a punk -- attack you in the middle of the night. I think I'd want to make sure they didn't come back, myself, knowing how punks think.

[Mr Ducklips]

Other than a description of the incident, the D.A.'s refusal to prosecute and the family's petition, I haven't heard a bit of this on local news. It appears that the AP has scooped the locals. And yes, T-Town is around 400,000 and the proud home of Roy D. Mercer.

[annyokie]

Tulsa ping

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[donozark]

www.tshirthell.com

But NOT if easily offended!!

[Chad Fairbanks]

I'd like one of those shirts, too - I can wear it while sitting in front of Tent City... Could be fun ;0)