Giving them housing doesn't mean they also get immunity from criminal laws.
Recidivism itself is seen as a factor during sentencing, which means that even for the same isolated criminal act the same perpetrator gets longer and longer sentences.
Recidivism itself is seen as a factor during sentencing, which means that even for the same isolated criminal act the same perpetrator gets longer and longer sentences.
The Yonkers man who brutally beat a 67yo Asian woman [1] had already been arrested 14 times. Only now, after they beat a harmless elder half to death for no reason, will they see any level of punishment.
[1] https://pix11.com/news/local-news/northern-suburbs/yonkers-m...
All evidence to the contrary. SF, Seattle, LA… seems like the free housing people are indeed immune to at least petty crime laws.