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A 27-year-old homeless woman was killed recently when a lawnmower ran over her while she was sleeping in a park in Modesto, California. Christine Chavez was killed in Beard Brook Park on July 8, according to KXTV-TV. “My mom had to pick up pieces of her. That’s not correct,” Randy Chavez, the victim’s brother, said, according to the Modesto Bee. “We want ordinances to change so it doesn’t happen again. Regardless if they are homeless they are still people and should be treated the same as any other people,” he said. The park had been public, and at one time...

The father of Christine Chavez, 27, of Modesto, believes her death was preventable. Christopher Chavez said that while his daughter often came by his home, his daughter was homeless and often slept outside during the daytime. A spokesperson for the Modesto Police Department said that on Saturday around noon, a landscaper was cutting the grass at Beard Brook Park on a tractor with a pull behind mower when he saw a body in the grass that he had already passed through. “We’re going to try everything to get justice,” Christopher said. Gallo acquired the Beard Brook Park —where the body...

The theme song from “Barney & Friends” has been blaring 24 hours a day for weeks on Palos Verdes Street in San Pedro. There are about two dozen homeless individuals who have pitched tents on the sidewalk there, and they say the blaring kids’ music is a not-so-subtle way to get them to move. “It’s psychological,” said Danielle Nunez of Street Watch LA, a mutual aid organization that helps the homeless. “It is to keep people up. They can’t have a quiet space and it’s playing at nighttime so that people literally cannot sleep.” The vacant property is run by...

A homeless maniac bludgeoned four other vagrants to death as they slept on the sidewalks of Chinatown early Saturday — bashing in their skulls one by one with a scavenged metal bar during a senseless predawn murder spree. Rodriguez “Randy” Santos is just 24, but already had what cops call a history of violent, random attacks when he allegedly approached his first victims, two men sprawled asleep side by side at Bowery and Doyers Street just before 2 a.m.

November 29, 2018 Megyn Kelly looks glum as she leaves her apartment in New York.

VENTURA, Calif. (KABC) -- A man was stabbed in the neck while holding his young daughter on his lap while dining at a restaurant on the Ventura Promenade. Ventura police received multiple calls around 9:20 p.m. Wednesday about a stabbing at the Aloha Steakhouse at 364 S. California St. Police said the victim and his wife were having dinner along with their 5-year-old daughter at the time of the attack, which appeared to be unprovoked. Investigators said there was no altercation or contact prior to the attack, and the victim and suspect did not appear to know each other. When...

Maui Police Say Fatal Shooting Justified Brother Questions Police Use Of Force POSTED: 3:43 pm HST March 4, 2004 UPDATED: 4:42 pm HST March 4, 2004WAILUKU, Maui, Hawaii -- Maui's police chief said Thursday the use of deadly force that killed a man on a Kihei beach was justifiable.The shooting happened on a Kihei beach Sunday evening. It started when a woman called police because a homeless man had exposed himself to her daughters, police said.A person in the area tried to assist an officer in detaining Ben Ogden (pictured, right). Ogden shot the person with bear repellant, according to...

Started by sammyrock801: "It is becoming harder and harder to find an SF resident who sympathizes with the homeless in this city or the Board of Supervisors who support them. I'm tired of feeling like it should just be a given that if you live in SF you will be harrased about three times a week for money. And I refuse to feel powerless against this city's ridiculous homeless advocacy groups. Where has the ultra-liberal approach to homeless got us? No where! It's turned this city into a disgusting dump! My friend works at the SF General Psychiatric Ward, and...