Violent Attacks on the Homeless Continue

An unfortunate trend continues. Yesterday in San Diego a homeless amputee was killed on the streets of downtown.  As if that wasn’t disturbing enough, police say the man was beaten to death with his own crutch. This disturbing pattern of violence has been sweeping across the nation with rising numbers for the last decade. There was the incident where a homeless man was set on fire. There was also the story of the two teens that beat three homeless men with baseball bats. One of the men died from his injuries.

As we can see from the map below, this is a trend that is becoming more frequently seen nation-wide.

This map displays attacks on the homeless in 2006 by state. As we can see, these are not isolated

incidents. They are becoming commonplace accross the nation. 

The San Diego crime scene where a homeless amputee was beaten to death using his own crutch. His

wheelchair and the crutch are both clearly visible. 

An attack in Florida shows a teenager beating a homeless man using a baseball bat. Two other

men were attacked during this incident - resulting in one death.