#honeless

The last @roughsleeperco pack goes to Tracy. She hasn’t been well these last few years and daily exposure to cold, poor nutrition, access to medical help have contributed by and large. She still has a super smile though - Tracy is really happy with her pack and essentials as well as her copies of @thepavementmagazine #honeless #homelessness #homelesslondon #roughsleepers #humansofbricklane #humansoflondon #homelesspeople #homelessoutreach #homelessnessawareness #santandercycles #santanderebikes #santanderecycles (at Hackney) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqYLwJ3IQuS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Around 5 is when they lined up the girls with felony offenses. Girls who said they didn't know why they were in here. I learned the girl with skeletal features was only 25. I thought she was 40. I didn't realize I was bunking with felons. Then they lined up the girls with misdemeanors. I was in line with one girl who was taken in for stealing a Michael Kors bag and the couple. As we were walking in a line, reminiscent of days in elementary school, an officer looked at me with a half smile, "I heard you maced somebody". Like it was some kind of joke. Then one of the girls said, "yo, I don't care what no body says. She's a G!" I can't believe this is happening. Then. I spoke with my lawyer, given to me by the state. She was pissed I was in this situation, "So you asked the officers to arrest him and they didn't?!" "So he's attacked you before?!" "The apartment is only under YOUR name?!" I thought justice would be served right then and there. I was wrong. The judge ordered a temporary order of protection to last 6 months. I wasn't allowed to go back home. All I had were the clothes on my back, keys, my ID, and a receipt to pick up my pepper spray from holding. I was homeless. Defeated. And alone.

A JOURNAL OF THE WORKING HOMELESS