In this frigid winter, the mistreatment of Boise’s thousands of unhoused people has only intensified. Housing remains scarce and unaffordable, while overcrowding and restrictions in shelters have kept many on the street.
on the grounds of the Idaho State Capitol Mall. Now, over a month in, they’ve dealt with dismal conditions and repeated provocations from police and the far right alike.Bella Bounty, an organizer with Boise Mutual Aid, who asked to be identified by a pseudonym to avoid attention from the state and the far right, toldthat in the last couple of years, activists “observed something which has really escalated since: constant police harassment.” Tickets for minuscule offenses are handed out freely.
Members of the unhoused community in Boise are all too familiar with these kinds of torments. Teddy B. is a veteran and one-time homeowner from Missouri who asked to be identified by his surname’s initial. He has been unhoused in Boise for two and a half years, and has faced longer stints on the street in his past. “My experience with [the police] has been pure harassment,” he said bitterly. “Almost daily, they come down and confiscate sleeping bags, propane heaters, blankets, pillows….
Lone campers, forced to hide from police, face an increased risk of assault, as well as hypothermia. In the winter, they must choose between the lethal cold and the very real dangers posed by heater fumes and tent fires. And, community members allege, when police come upon the unhoused, they often relentlessly ransack their tents and confiscate all belongings, including cold-weather gear —which, in an Idaho winter, can have serious consequences.
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