“I have a job, but after I finish work, I’m still on the street. And the cops are treating homeless people like dirt, every day. They assaulted me and my friends while we were asleep, and they tossed our belongings in a dump truck, and it’s not right. Together with Picture the Homeless and NYCLU, we fought back, bringing legal action against the NYPD and the city settled with me. And I’m glad that with this settlement, the city is acknowledging that something bad happened. People need to know how much the police abuse homeless people. I’m not an animal. None of us are. This settlement is not enough. It won’t make the cops stop what they’re doing. For what I suffered, and what hundreds of people are suffering every day, the city needs to stop these out-of-control cops.”
Jesus Morales
