Southern California mayor's twisted plan to wipe out homeless people

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48% : Speaking of both nations, Trump said in March: 'They've allowed fentanyl to come into our country at levels never seen before, killing hundreds of thousands of our citizens.' A bill was also introduced in the Senate that month calling on American lawmakers to 'use every tool at our disposal to cut off the flow of fentanyl.' Prior to his career in politics, Parris was a high profile trial lawyer with his own legal firm, and has a school named after him in California on the back of his significant philanthropy.
44% : Parris argued that it is 'so easy to get fentanyl on our streets that it wouldn't have made any difference if we did give it away' During the city council meeting, the lawmakers were debating moving the city's homeless population into an abandoned golf course, sparking protests from nearby residents The Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count registered as many as 6,672 people experiencing homelessness in Lancaster and its surrounding areas in 2024 Since returning to the White House, Trump has been outspoken in his desire to rid the United States of fentanyl, going to extraordinary efforts to spark a tariff war with both Mexico and Canada in an effort to stem the flow of the drug across borders.
42% : In the 2013 movie 'The Purge' (pictured), citizens are granted one night a year where all crime - including murder - is legal Huge swathes of California have been gripped by a fentanyl crisis as the highly addictive and deadly drug becomes more accessible and affordable on the streets Parris has not backed down from his controversial opinion, although he has backtracked slightly to insist he was referring to homeless criminals Parris welcomed Trump to Lancaster for a presidential visit in 2020 'I wish the president would give us a purge,' he said. '
35% : In the 2013 movie 'The Purge', citizens are granted one night a year where all crime - including murder - is legal. Going one step further, Parris said he wished President Trump would agree to 'a purge.'
33% : Critics said his 'solution' essentially would amount to 'murder' or allowing the homeless population to 'kill themselves.' Democrat Johnathon Ervin, who lost to Parris in the last mayoral race, said: 'Anyone willing to give homeless people all the fentanyl they want, or to suggest that President Trump should allow a purge of the homeless population, has no business in public office.' But Parris argued that it is 'so easy to get fentanyl on our streets that it wouldn't have made any difference if we did give it away.' 'There is nothing that we can do for these people,' he said. '
30% : 'I made it very clear I was talking about the criminal element that were let out of prisons and have now become 40-45 percent of what is referred to as the homeless population,' he told Fox. Going one step further, Parris said he wished President Trump would agree to 'a purge.'

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