“Homeless selfies” deplorable: Covenant House
Posted November 16, 2014 9:23 am.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – First we saw the spread of a video showing a street person encouraged to set his hair on fire, and then we learned about “homeless selfies,” people posting pictures of themselves with passed out homeless people.
Michelle Clausius is with Covenant House, which provides shelter and services to homeless kids.
She says they’ve worked with youth who offer to do painful stunts. “Instead of perhaps watching someone inflict pain on themselves or do a stunt maybe just give them that $5 or buy them that cup of coffee or buy them a sandwich instead of trying to get some sort of enjoyment out of watching another person suffer.”
She adds anyone who pays them needs to realize the desperation people feel to compel them to harm themselves for money.
