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Art gallery owner who hosed down homeless woman in SF finds it 'hard to apologize'
ABC News ^

Posted on 01/10/2023 6:04:30 PM PST by MNDude

The art gallery owner, seen in a now viral video, spraying water from a hose onto an unhoused woman is stopping short of apologizing and is defending his actions.

Edson Garcia, co-owner of Brioche Cafe recorded the cell phone video, while he was on his way to deliver a catering order just after 6 a.m. on Monday.

"I turned to the side and saw the guy pouring water to the lady." He said, incredulously.

Garcia, who has seen the unhoused woman in the North Beach neighborhood before, sometimes asks her not to block the doorway to his café, and has never found her to be belligerent.

He adds that given the weather conditions, the man's actions appeared especially cruel

(Excerpt) Read more at abc7news.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mews; unhouseddoubletalk; unhousedwater; unhousedwoman
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1 posted on 01/10/2023 6:04:30 PM PST by MNDude
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To: MNDude

True Social justice being applied,,,,


2 posted on 01/10/2023 6:08:18 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: MNDude

I guess he didn’t have the wherewithal to install timed sprinklers for the doorway.


3 posted on 01/10/2023 6:10:41 PM PST by glorgau
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Why is it “unhoused” instead of “homeless?” I swear to god people who push PC speech codes should be tried, and if found guilty, shot in the face.


4 posted on 01/10/2023 6:11:42 PM PST by WMarshal (Neocons and leftards are the same species of vicious rat)
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To: MNDude

It’s unkind, but I can imagine the frustration of the business owner. The homeless keep returning to exactly where they are not wanted and where they interrupt the natural flow of business. They keep coming back, like a bad penny.
Word is most of them are attracted to this area because of all the free benefits.


5 posted on 01/10/2023 6:12:41 PM PST by lee martell
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All small business should shut down..Let the dem cities pay the poor and homeless with IOU’s.....


6 posted on 01/10/2023 6:16:32 PM PST by Hambone 1934 (Dems love playing Nazis.....The republicans love helping them)
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To: WMarshal

We say “unhoused” because it’s important to speak with empathy and compassion about our less fortunate neighbors from the curbside community.


7 posted on 01/10/2023 6:18:28 PM PST by Flash Bazbeaux
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To: Flash Bazbeaux

The curbside community. LMAO! I’m using that one!


8 posted on 01/10/2023 6:22:26 PM PST by FrdmLvr
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To: FrdmLvr; Flash Bazbeaux

Haha! Good one.


9 posted on 01/10/2023 6:29:55 PM PST by broken_clock (Go Trump! Still praying.)
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To: WMarshal
Why is it “unhoused” instead of “homeless?”

Homeless was a PC term when it was coined. Before that it was derelict or bum.

10 posted on 01/10/2023 6:51:55 PM PST by Poison Pill
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To: Hambone 1934

Problem is, unless it’s a lease, you lose the property and all assets, not to
mention the income you built there.

Granted, your business is probably nothing like it used to be.


11 posted on 01/10/2023 6:53:14 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: MNDude

So? It was art.


12 posted on 01/10/2023 7:04:42 PM PST by WKUHilltopper
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There, but for the grace of God, go I.


13 posted on 01/10/2023 7:19:43 PM PST by CletusVanDamme (Everywhere is freaks and hairies, dykes and fairies. Tell me where is sanity?)
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Business hasn’t been good for the last couple years and now with looting accepted by the dem party, how much longer can small businesses hold out ??


14 posted on 01/10/2023 7:26:02 PM PST by Hambone 1934 (Dems love playing Nazis.....The republicans love helping them)
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To: MNDude

Good for him!

Setting an example that other property owners need to follow when assaulted by these bums!

Yes, living on the sidewalk in FRont of a home or a business is assault!


15 posted on 01/10/2023 7:57:08 PM PST by Taxman (SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2023 AND 2024!)
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To: Hambone 1934

I wouldn’t argue with that.

Property values would plummet in short order, as everyone
would be trying to sell.

These middle-class folks will be wiped out and have to start
all over only to have their new areas pull the same thing on
them in a few years.

It isn’t looking all that good anywhere right now, because
you’re only one or two elections away from that new area
turning to the Democrat Wokism.


16 posted on 01/10/2023 9:02:26 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: MNDude

Maybe he thought she was unhosed, rather than unhoused, so he gave her some hose, in order to do his part to help alleviate the unhosedness crisis.


17 posted on 01/10/2023 10:22:46 PM PST by The Fop (God Bless Donald Trump, Frank Sinatra, Joan Rivers, and the Fightin' Rat Pack Wing of the GOP)
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To: WMarshal

A better term is “housing-resistant “.


18 posted on 01/10/2023 11:03:03 PM PST by SFmom
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To: WMarshal

That’s a little extreme; I think the should be tried, and if found guilty, SHIT IN THE FACE by one of their precious BUMS!


19 posted on 01/11/2023 12:08:16 AM PST by 5th MEB
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To: Flash Bazbeaux

I say SUBHUMAN GARBAGE and BUMS because I have empathy and compassion for the people trying to run their businesses and be productive citizens!


20 posted on 01/11/2023 12:11:11 AM PST by 5th MEB
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