What happened to those people? Just move into another street? It's sad bc a lot of them don't want to change. For some people trying to breathe or have a reason to live isn't enough.
@@denisechamberlin7642 yes i know alot dont want change but then if they did change they would still have nothing with what they spend on drugs they could all ready be having a good life they blame everyone and every thing but it comes down to choice what ever they are doing for money they could be doing to live a good life you just have to not spend the money on drugs
@@denisechamberlin7642 yea, If you have the money for a three month security deposit than youcan move! Those people want to die. Just let them. Maybe they will be in a better place.. ! SMH at you! I bite my thumb at you!
It’s very confronting and it’s also an attack on the senses as well! The seasons, hot and cold all add to it, and you’re right, it’s madness! But madness and chaos and addiction work together, hand in hand! I agree, what the city has done is totally irresponsible. To allow a problem like addiction to go managed for decades without intervention is nothing more than criminal, considering 1488 people lost their lives to unintentional drug overdoses last year! To be totally honest, I don’t understand why the Feds haven’t stepped in. This shit is costing the government/taxpayers 100’s of millions of dollars every year and has nothing to show for it! That’s just more madness I think!
@@BarryWinner2075 It would take your breath away! “Everything” that goes down a toilet is on the sidewalk, in the gutters or on the ground! It just shows how addiction affects someone’s dignity and self worth! Add to that, the stench of rotten flesh from open wounds caused by Trank! The
I Met Mrs Cathie Wood last year for the first time at a church program, where she greeted a friend of mine also a church member, and fortunately for me, we exchanged contact and got along. What God cannot do, doesn't exist" I truly believe this word 100 percent❤❤❤
Неужели непонятно откуда взялся наркотический кризис в Америке ? Первая причина - это глобализация . Позакрывалось большинство заводов и фабрик , производство было перенесено в страны 3- го мира . Появились миллионы людей с уймой свободного времени и без работы . Многие потенциальные работяги вступили в банды , занялись сбытом наркоты , ну и клиентура росла как на дрожжах , люди не нашли себя и ушли в наркотический штопор . Вторая причина- политика , разобщенными торчками легче управлять и навязывать им альтернативную реальность , BLM , LGBT и подобная херь ! Ну и третья причина - Голливуд .Редко встретишь сейчас фильм без неприкрытой пропаганды наркотиков . Но это тоже скорее к политике больше относится .Все знают о повестке спускаемой кинематографу сверху . А над всем этим ЖАДНОСТЬ !Политиков , бизнесменов , картелей , фармакологов . И всей прогнившей насквозь системы .
Η Αμερική... Έτσι θα γίνουμε αν ακολουθούμε την πολιτική τους, την ηθική τους, τις επιδιώξεις τους... Ας σταματήσουμε να τους έχουμε ως υπόδειγμα..!! America... This is what we will become if we follow their politics, their ethics, their pursuits... Let's stop using them as a role model..!!
I worked in Philadelphia in the late 70s early 80s and your videos should be used to prove to our so-called government needs to focus on our country first not others ! I never knew it got like that! Get my head out of my well you know and our government should! Thank you for bringing this to me!
This is ridiculous. What exactly was cleaned? The streets? The graffitti off the buildings? What was the purpose of the cleaning? I'm a retired mental health social worker. Cleaning the streets isn't going to do jack all. 1. These people are here because of many things - mental illness, abuse, despair, drug addiction, distrust.......................... 2. You can't save all of them. Some people don't want to be saved. 3. Help is multifaceted - mental health, housing, counseling, medications, job training, medical, food, clothing etc. It is ongoing and takes a long time - committment and is expensive. 4. Then what do you do with the people who don't want help? 5. And then there is the cost of doing all these things. The city doesn't want to pay for it, the government doesn't want to nor do the citizens. So we're right back where we started.
Very well said, and I can feel your frustration through your comment! I agree, moving people on and cleaning the streets is the easy part. Keeping them away and getting them well…. That’s going to be a huge challenge! Addiction isn’t just about the drugs, as you said, it’s a multi layered insidious disease that affects the mind, body and soul and distorts rational thinking! Nothing I’ve seen or heard about the blitz on Kensington Avenue addressed those issues! So for me, it came down to Mayor Parker keeping an election promise to shut down the open air drug market, getting the addicts off the streets and cleaning the place up!!!! What was actually achieved was, the open air drug market was sent underground!!! The addicts moved two blocks down and one block over because that’s where the dealers said they would be! Oh, and the streets were washed and sanitised! Go Mayor Parker…… that’s a bit mean, she’s actually done more in past 130 of power than previous mayor’s have done for many years! I’ve heard reports she has put together a rehabilitation super centre to help treat as many of these as possible in a 30 day treatment program for those who want help. I believe 39 addicts took advantage of the offer during the cleanup! Unfortunately some were also arrested! Like you said, what’s this actually achieved! Without ongoing support and outpatient care upon discharge or release, they will be straight back on the streets starting the process again! The whole process is fundamentally flawed! Key issues aren’t being addressed as you mentioned and the shit show will continue….
I understand your frustration and you make some valid points, but we must be realistic in our expectations regarding Kensington Avenue and its future! As you know, addiction is a social issue, you can’t stop people from doing dumb shit. Whether it’s tobacco, alcohol, gambling or drugs, if we want to participate in there use, we will and no one can stop us! History shows the these 4 social issues have plagued society for thousands of years and nothing will change that! So as you can appreciate, the task ahead of Mayor Parker is a monstrous one and it will take many months if not years for any meaningful results to be achieved! I think that’s being realistic! Like you, I thought the clean up was a waste of time and taxpayer dollars but I’ve come to realise two very important things happened that day. Firstly, she had the place cleaned up because she promised the community she would! Second, and most importantly she had the encampments uprooted and the addicts dispersed around the corner and surrounded streets! She has coped a hammering for this on social media but there is method in the madness! In previous administrations, the DA, Larry Krasner decided that arresting drug addicts had no value and only clogged up the prison system! This basically tied law enforcement hands and allowed the open air drug maker to thrive and the addicts do as the like! Mayor Parker, on the other hand, has a totally different attitude! Now Kensington Avenue is barricaded off and the addict have been dispersed, they are now being constantly harassed and told to move on, if they don’t comply, they are arrested! This is the key to Mayor Parker’s strategy to clean up and manage Philadelphias drug issues! Once they are arrested, they are offered a choice between 30 days in rehab or 30 days in jail! The people who choose rehab are sent to the rehabilitation super centre which Parker has established on the other side of town. There they receive treatment and support to help them tap into all the government services available, mental health services, counselling, clinical care services, education services even housing support! Like you said, addiction is a serious multi faceted disease and rehabilitation must be holistic, focused on the mind, body and soul, and the individual needs of the patient! To be honest, I think Parker is shacking the system to the core! As for the addicts who choose prison, they receive in house rehab care! Upon discharge or release, both parties are given the opportunity to continue their journey to recovery! There is outpatient care, mental health support and social support, everything they need to change their lives if they want it bad enough! As for the people who choose to return to the streets, they fall back into the cycle of, loiter, arrest, rehab or jail and release. Over time the Groundhog Day cycle begins to overwhelm the individual and for some, better choices are made! This system is gaining traction in many cities around the world and the results are encouraging!! This certainly isn’t a silver bullet to solve the drug crisis in the US, nothing will. But it could be a step in the right direction! As for those who have chosen to stay in the lifestyle they have grown accustomed to…… I think in the very near future, our government will take a more authoritarian approach to managing the issue! Laws will change, rights and freedoms will be removed for the safety of the individual and the community, and we will see the return of long term assisted care in treatment sanitariums. I don’t condone this outcome, but it does have merit! Many addicts with advanced drug dependence fall into the special needs category. The likelihood of them ever recovering is low. Their cognitive impairment is usually significantly and they exhibit limited fine and gross motor function! Many of them would have also lost basic life skills like personal hygiene and social interaction. Leaving these people on the streets to meet their demise is not humane.
@@_Miss_K_ To say addiction is by choice over simplifies the disease. No on wakes up one day and says, hey I’m going to be a drug addict, that is simply nonsense! Addiction is an insidious disease that affects the mind, body and soul of someone. It alters reality and how we perceive ourselves and others around us! It prays on the vulnerable and their emotions and comforts them with a blanket of false hope, it is ruthless! It has many layers and every time one is pealed off, there is just another ugly layer underneath! I agree, choice plays its role in addiction but clinically research shows its part can be small! The bigger role that needs to be addressed is the why…. What was the catalyst for the addiction! For many young people, peer pressure, their home environment, mental health, physical and emotional trauma, abuse of the worst kind, exposure to drugs, proscription or illicit etc,one or all of these factors can contribute to addiction! As an example, peer pressure can be a major contributing factor to addiction! Experimentation and recreational drug use with friends, sharing a joint with friends, taking a pill or two at a dance party, can quickly become a habit! Exposure to drugs can also be another gateway to drug use and addiction! Multi generational drug use where patients and relatives expose their children to drugs ate a young age. Mum and dad do it, so can I. Then we can look at the effects of physical, emotional and psychological trauma. The effects of this can be devastating to a person of any age and for some, they will carry the scars for their lifetime! You could say that everyone has some sort of trauma through their lives or they’ve suffered abuse and got over it, and that’s very true! They can process it, or seek professional help, or just lock it away. They can then pick themselves up, dust themselves off and move on as if nothing happened! But unfortunately for some, they can’t. They will fall in a spiral of despair, depression, anxiety, self blame, anger, and self loathing etc. They may seek help, but when the treatment program concludes they’re addicted to the drugs that helped them cope. As results, they will turn to street drugs and self medicate! I read and hear the same stories over and over and over again, and they all have a common thread, they are unable or unwilling to deal with the trauma they have experienced and find peace and comfort in their own way! In a recent case study I read, a mother who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and addicted to heroin and cocaine, sold her 12 year old daughter to her pimp for 4 bags of dope and some pills! The pimp then prostituted the 12 year old girl (high on meth) out to MEN for 2 years until she fell pregnant at age 14 to the pimp him self! 6 weeks after the birth of her child, she was returned to the streets and continued working for her pimp! 6 months later she was arrested and placed in custody for 2 years! The baby was left in the care of the father (the pimp.) At 17, she was released and returned to the streets and the father and child were gone. Now in her 30’s she still works the streets she did as children, but on her own! She has no idea who has, or what happened to child and she is emotionally, mentally and physically broken! There is a lot more to this case study than I have mentioned but it gives you an idea of the level of trauma and its associated effects on the individual! This particular case continues to haunt me, and I find it very difficult to comprehend and consider a satisfactory conclusion about addiction being a choice. Yes, there were bad choices made but they were driven by individual circumstances. I look forward to your response!
@@_Miss_K_ I agree with you to a point, taking drugs is a choice but for some, that choice is removed. Multi generational addiction, where children are exposed to drug use from a very young age! Where peer pressure is involved at a young age to experiment with drugs! When a mother use drugs during pregnancy and the baby is born addicted to drugs! Do these children have a choice or is the choice made for them??
Is that a lovers spat? Jesus. I know people have to live where they can, and i get that. But personally, i couldn't deal with this insanity..The noise the filth the addicts, the sheer energy of that place would have me committed in an insane asylum. That place is overwhelming 😢 Thanks for closing the video out with the drummer's . It was the highlight of the video ❤
This is wrong in so many ways. Its sad the government won't try to help / correct this situation. Shutting down the mental health institutions seems like a bad idea as clearly some of these people desperately need help. It seems like this is some kind of beta test happend by design.
I’m not too sure about the Beta test theory… What you’re seeing in this video and many like it is called a Social Issue! They are created humans and have plagued society for millennia. Tobacco, alcohol and gambling are also serious social issues just like drug use! As I said, we’re the problem, if we want something, we get it! If we can’t have it, we want it more! It doesn’t matter if we need it, whether it’s good or bad for us, whether it’s illegal or not, if we want it, it’s ours. This behaviour is part of the human condition, it’s in our DNA. Governments have no control over social issues, prohibition proved that in the 1920’s and 30’s. The opium war in the 1840’s didn’t stop the opium trade either! There is no silver bullet, there is no magic formula…. Drugs are here to stay! And that’s fuckin frightening!
Individuals have to want or feel the need to be helped. No one can help them but themselves. The help and resources are all around, waiting for them to come in. At this point their should be some place or huge space to contain this world kind of world. It's not going away🚀.🚀
I lost my son 34 last year do to a fentanyl overdose, he was doing pills then went to heroin. In his dad's driveway they used 3 cans of narcan he passed away anyway. This is in rural ky.
Spotless, clean and spick and span must become a ceremonial ritual for each and every individual to take upon themselves, an expectation a habit, and obsession with clean. Always make sure that your environment and streets and surroundings are your own responsibility to keep spotless. And sick and span.The will and the willingness and self-reliance is a good beginning. ❤
I am Japanese and cannot speak English at all. In Japan, I have no experience to see homeless people at all in daily life。 In 2023、Japanese population was 124,000,000 and the number of homeless people was 3,065 from Hokkido to Okinawa(Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare) After seeing this UA-cam, I became tearful and could not sleep at night. In this UA-cam, I imagine every homeless person’s character is good and gentle. I want to invite one of them to my small Japanese house. People are sitting on the road and some of them sleep deeply even during the daytime after getting many drugs. As one of the Japanese, I wonder why many American people became like this homeless. The reason is very simple. Everybody living in this world always fights many different kinds of problems. At that time, if there were some good social systems to support suffering people, people would not depend on drugs. I am very ugly in the US Politicians especially Mr.Biden and Mr.Trump .The two gentlemen can be seen on CNN many times, but, always talk about the US being great again and supporting Israel's killing Palestinian babies, children, and women 32,070 and never talk about the miserable lovely homeless people in Kensington at all. The number of people killed by guns in the USA in 2022 is 44,357(by Gun Violence Archive). The number of people killed by guns in Japan in 2022 is 4(Metropolitan Police Department) この、米国のとんでもない、気の毒な、ホームレスの方々の惨状は、日本人の私には、とても、信じられない光景です。世界大戦のない、比較的、平和な、今の時代に、米国の政治家は、一体、何をしているのですか？ 今夜も、苦しくて、眠れません。 一部を表示 返信
As a Japanese, your comment sounds sensible and sensitive. Kudos! US culture is different: some commenters in this UA-cam forum pity a dog left on the street, rather than their fellow citizens. That's how low the US culture has fallen. You and I are not even US residents, yet we feel compassion for our fellow human beings, thousands of miles away.
The best way I can put it is….. It’s still a shit show!! This is what I saw and heard during the cleanup! Most of the homeless and drug addicts left the area a day before the cleanup! The people who stayed were offered rehabilitation services or 30 days in jail! 39 addicts took advantage of rehabilitation the remaining were taken into custody! As for the people that left before the cleanup, they were setting in 2 blocks down and 1 block over from Kensington Avenue! The open air drug market is no longer in sight but I suspect it has moved underground! The dealers were waiting for addicts who moved before the cleanup! When the area was cleared, the city arrived and contacted trash and people’s belongings, then power washed the sidewalks and sanitised the whole area then barricades were installed along the sidewalks! Lastly, the politicians did interviews, photos, pattered each other on the back and left! Is it improving…….? Only time will tell, moving people on and cleaning the streets is the easy part!Keeping them away and getting them well….. that’s going to be tough! Some have already started to return in the side streets! Are they trying to help or cracking down on it…..? They are trying to help the people who want help. 39 agreed to go to rehab! Hopefully they’re still there! There were also other service providers there at the time…. So, yeah, I think they are trying to help them! As for the crack down….. hell yeah! A big part of Mayor Parker’s election campaign was based on cleaning up Kensington Avenue! The community is watching, so is the media! The reds are watching as well as the Feds and November elections are coming! To be honest, there’s a lot at play here, and it will take many months before we really see any real progress! Every change must be measured and meaningful also cost effective and sustainable. 3 years ago the place was cleaned up and it all turned to shit again! It has to be done right or it’s just more wasted funding!
@ronferguson9695 Wow! That was so kind of you to offer such a comprehensive reply. You really covered the bases, and I appreciate it so much. I'm wondering if the city is preparing for gentrification as the property values hit bottom. Stylish living apartments, niche restaurants and shops, etc. The economy is hitting many people hard, but as usual, "the rich get richer and the poor get the picture." SO, a mixed bag, maybe. Anyway, I'll continue to follow the story, as I have lived on both sides of that fence! Again, a big and sincere thanks for your understanding and sharing. Best wishes to you...and the Kensington Krazy area! 🏢🏣🏥🏦🏨🏩🏪🏫....💞
@@marlenechicoine4005 You’re so welcome, glad I was able to help out! As you can tell, I spend far too much time watching these videos, but I find Kensington Avenue’s story really interesting! Like you, I think the city has big plans for Kensington Avenue and the surrounding areas! Getting the place cleaned up makes it much more attractive to investors and developers! I’ve heard property are selling for around 400K I believe so that will drive the demographic growth! Again, like you said, the rich get richer and the poor will get forgotten! I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what happens next! Take care. 😀
Always keep that in mind! You didn’t choose where you were raised, they didn’t either…. Many of the young people in these videos are multi generational addicts! Their grandparents were addicts, their parents were addicts and that young person may have been born an addict! Some don’t stand a chance!!!
@@elijahtheprophet4544 I believe faith plays a role in everything we do. Whether we have in a creator, faith in science, technology and medicine and more importantly, faith in ourselves! If these people committed themselves to any of these, their chances of success would improve!
This area still looks like a festering cesspool. Nothing has changed..just moved from once area to another. If people aren't going to get clean, find a purpose to life, employment and a place to live ( barring the mentally ill); it will remain a drug filled, dirty, awful environment. Make help and social services available..then it's up to the individual
Почему бы не снять сериал о жителях клоаки ? Я думаю он был бы очень успешным во всём мире . Несколько хороших актёров на главные роли , а массовка - вот она готовая , плюс бесплатные декорации .Если вы в Америке кричите на весь мир , что чёрные жизни важны , так покажите насколько они важны на этих примерах . И не заставляйте весь мир молиться на вас , вы не представляете как хочется блевать на ваше лицемерие . Град на холме , вашу мать !
I FEEL SORRY FOR THAT POOR DOG HAVING TO LIVE AROUND PEOPLE LIKE THAT
I rescued a dog two months ago from that life, but it was in South California. She is a sweetheart!
Эти люди умрут через год, остальные через 19лет от спида, ковида, рака , Альцгеймера, диабета......и ДР. ....
What happened to those people? Just move into another street? It's sad bc a lot of them don't want to change. For some people trying to breathe or have a reason to live isn't enough.
@@denisechamberlin7642 yes i know alot dont want change but then if they did change they would still have nothing with what they spend on drugs they could all ready be having a good life they blame everyone and every thing but it comes down to choice what ever they are doing for money they could be doing to live a good life you just have to not spend the money on drugs
@@denisechamberlin7642 yea, If you have the money for a three month security deposit than youcan move! Those people want to die. Just let them. Maybe they will be in a better place.. ! SMH at you! I bite my thumb at you!
Someone save the dog from living on the street
The big white one? That's what I thought too. This is one week after clean up? wow! Thank you for sharing.😰
Caring for dogs more than for people: US culture.
maxi is loved & cared for just fine
she's cleaner than most people out here 👌🏼
Зоошиза.
The horrific noise, the screaming,fighting,trash,pestilence, it’s maddening ! How the city has permitted this for so long is unbelievable!!
It’s very confronting and it’s also an attack on the senses as well!
The seasons, hot and cold all add to it, and you’re right, it’s madness! But madness and chaos and addiction work together, hand in hand!
I agree, what the city has done is totally irresponsible. To allow a problem like addiction to go managed for decades without intervention is nothing more than criminal, considering 1488 people lost their lives to unintentional drug overdoses last year!
To be totally honest, I don’t understand why the Feds haven’t stepped in. This shit is costing the government/taxpayers 100’s of millions of dollars every year and has nothing to show for it!
That’s just more madness I think!
And don't forget the aroma, I bet it's out of this world.
@@BarryWinner2075
It would take your breath away!
“Everything” that goes down a toilet is on the sidewalk, in the gutters or on the ground! It just shows how addiction affects someone’s dignity and self worth!
Add to that, the stench of rotten flesh from open wounds caused by Trank!
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Thanks to a liberal Democrat ran city
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Thank you Lord Jesus for the gift of life and blessings to me and my family $14,120.47 weekly profit Our lord Jesus have lifted up my Life!!!🙏❤❤❤
I'm 37 and have been looking for ways to be successful, please how??
Well, the investment-advisor that guides me is..
Mrs Cathie Wood
I Met Mrs Cathie Wood last year for the first time at a church program, where she greeted a friend of mine also a church member, and fortunately for me, we exchanged contact and got along. What God cannot do, doesn't exist" I truly believe this word 100 percent❤❤❤
😱Sounds familiar, I have heard her name on several occasions.. and both her success stories in the wall Street journal!!!
I wouldn't even want to breath that Fn air 😷
Неужели непонятно откуда взялся наркотический кризис в Америке ? Первая причина - это глобализация . Позакрывалось большинство заводов и фабрик , производство было перенесено в страны 3- го мира . Появились миллионы людей с уймой свободного времени и без работы . Многие потенциальные работяги вступили в банды , занялись сбытом наркоты , ну и клиентура росла как на дрожжах , люди не нашли себя и ушли в наркотический штопор . Вторая причина- политика , разобщенными торчками легче управлять и навязывать им альтернативную реальность , BLM , LGBT и подобная херь ! Ну и третья причина - Голливуд .Редко встретишь сейчас фильм без неприкрытой пропаганды наркотиков . Но это тоже скорее к политике больше относится .Все знают о повестке спускаемой кинематографу сверху . А над всем этим ЖАДНОСТЬ !Политиков , бизнесменов , картелей , фармакологов . И всей прогнившей насквозь системы .
Yes, the drug crisis took off in the 90s, when the US was busy, offshoring! 100,000+ deaths in 2023.
👍 for your insightful comment!
Zgadzam się.Brak pracy powoduje nadmiar wolnego czasu .
Η Αμερική... Έτσι θα γίνουμε αν ακολουθούμε την πολιτική τους, την ηθική τους, τις επιδιώξεις τους... Ας σταματήσουμε να τους έχουμε ως υπόδειγμα..!!
America... This is what we will become if we follow their politics, their ethics, their pursuits... Let's stop using them as a role model..!!
There are better role models in the world.
I worked in Philadelphia in the late 70s early 80s and your videos should be used to prove to our so-called government needs to focus on our country first not others ! I never knew it got like that! Get my head out of my well you know and our government should! Thank you for bringing this to me!
The bowels of hell have opened up. Lord have mercy.
This is ridiculous. What exactly was cleaned? The streets? The graffitti off the buildings?
What was the purpose of the cleaning?
I'm a retired mental health social worker. Cleaning the streets isn't going to do jack all.
1. These people are here because of many things - mental illness, abuse, despair, drug addiction, distrust..........................
2. You can't save all of them. Some people don't want to be saved.
3. Help is multifaceted - mental health, housing, counseling, medications, job training, medical, food, clothing etc. It is ongoing and takes a long time - committment and is expensive.
4. Then what do you do with the people who don't want help?
5. And then there is the cost of doing all these things. The city doesn't want to pay for it, the government doesn't want to nor do the citizens.
So we're right back where we started.
Very well said, and I can feel your frustration through your comment!
I agree, moving people on and cleaning the streets is the easy part. Keeping them away and getting them well…. That’s going to be a huge challenge!
Addiction isn’t just about the drugs, as you said, it’s a multi layered insidious disease that affects the mind, body and soul and distorts rational thinking!
Nothing I’ve seen or heard about the blitz on Kensington Avenue addressed those issues!
So for me, it came down to Mayor Parker keeping an election promise to shut down the open air drug market, getting the addicts off the streets and cleaning the place up!!!!
What was actually achieved was, the open air drug market was sent underground!!!
The addicts moved two blocks down and one block over because that’s where the dealers said they would be!
Oh, and the streets were washed and sanitised!
Go Mayor Parker…… that’s a bit mean, she’s actually done more in past 130 of power than previous mayor’s have done for many years!
I’ve heard reports she has put together a rehabilitation super centre to help treat as many of these as possible in a 30 day treatment program for those who want help. I believe 39 addicts took advantage of the offer during the cleanup! Unfortunately some were also arrested!
Like you said, what’s this actually achieved!
Without ongoing support and outpatient care upon discharge or release, they will be straight back on the streets starting the process again!
The whole process is fundamentally flawed!
Key issues aren’t being addressed as you mentioned and the shit show will continue….
True. People have a choice. And if that is their choice well so be it!!😮❤
I understand your frustration and you make some valid points, but we must be realistic in our expectations regarding Kensington Avenue and its future!
As you know, addiction is a social issue, you can’t stop people from doing dumb shit. Whether it’s tobacco, alcohol, gambling or drugs, if we want to participate in there use, we will and no one can stop us! History shows the these 4 social issues have plagued society for thousands of years and nothing will change that! So as you can appreciate, the task ahead of Mayor Parker is a monstrous one and it will take many months if not years for any meaningful results to be achieved!
I think that’s being realistic!
Like you, I thought the clean up was a waste of time and taxpayer dollars but I’ve come to realise two very important things happened that day. Firstly, she had the place cleaned up because she promised the community she would! Second, and most importantly she had the encampments uprooted and the addicts dispersed around the corner and surrounded streets! She has coped a hammering for this on social media but there is method in the madness!
In previous administrations, the DA, Larry Krasner decided that arresting drug addicts had no value and only clogged up the prison system! This basically tied law enforcement hands and allowed the open air drug maker to thrive and the addicts do as the like!
Mayor Parker, on the other hand, has a totally different attitude!
Now Kensington Avenue is barricaded off and the addict have been dispersed, they are now being constantly harassed and told to move on, if they don’t comply, they are arrested!
This is the key to Mayor Parker’s strategy to clean up and manage Philadelphias drug issues!
Once they are arrested, they are offered a choice between 30 days in rehab or 30 days in jail!
The people who choose rehab are sent to the rehabilitation super centre which Parker has established on the other side of town. There they receive treatment and support to help them tap into all the government services available, mental health services, counselling, clinical care services, education services even housing support!
Like you said, addiction is a serious multi faceted disease and rehabilitation must be holistic, focused on the mind, body and soul, and the individual needs of the patient!
To be honest, I think Parker is shacking the system to the core! As for the addicts who choose prison, they receive in house rehab care!
Upon discharge or release, both parties are given the opportunity to continue their journey to recovery! There is outpatient care, mental health support and social support, everything they need to change their lives if they want it bad enough!
As for the people who choose to return to the streets, they fall back into the cycle of, loiter, arrest, rehab or jail and release. Over time the Groundhog Day cycle begins to overwhelm the individual and for some, better choices are made!
This system is gaining traction in many cities around the world and the results are encouraging!!
This certainly isn’t a silver bullet to solve the drug crisis in the US, nothing will. But it could be a step in the right direction!
As for those who have chosen to stay in the lifestyle they have grown accustomed to…… I think in the very near future, our government will take a more authoritarian approach to managing the issue! Laws will change, rights and freedoms will be removed for the safety of the individual and the community, and we will see the return of long term assisted care in treatment sanitariums.
I don’t condone this outcome, but it does have merit!
Many addicts with advanced drug dependence fall into the special needs category. The likelihood of them ever recovering is low. Their cognitive impairment is usually significantly and they exhibit limited fine and gross motor function! Many of them would have also lost basic life skills like personal hygiene and social interaction. Leaving these people on the streets to meet their demise is not humane.
@@_Miss_K_
To say addiction is by choice over simplifies the disease. No on wakes up one day and says, hey I’m going to be a drug addict, that is simply nonsense!
Addiction is an insidious disease that affects the mind, body and soul of someone. It alters reality and how we perceive ourselves and others around us! It prays on the vulnerable and their emotions and comforts them with a blanket of false hope, it is ruthless!
It has many layers and every time one is pealed off, there is just another ugly layer underneath!
I agree, choice plays its role in addiction but clinically research shows its part can be small! The bigger role that needs to be addressed is the why…. What was the catalyst for the addiction!
For many young people, peer pressure, their home environment, mental health, physical and emotional trauma, abuse of the worst kind, exposure to drugs, proscription or illicit etc,one or all of these factors can contribute to addiction!
As an example, peer pressure can be a major contributing factor to addiction! Experimentation and recreational drug use with friends, sharing a joint with friends, taking a pill or two at a dance party, can quickly become a habit!
Exposure to drugs can also be another gateway to drug use and addiction! Multi generational drug use where patients and relatives expose their children to drugs ate a young age. Mum and dad do it, so can I.
Then we can look at the effects of physical, emotional and psychological trauma. The effects of this can be devastating to a person of any age and for some, they will carry the scars for their lifetime!
You could say that everyone has some sort of trauma through their lives or they’ve suffered abuse and got over it, and that’s very true!
They can process it, or seek professional help, or just lock it away.
They can then pick themselves up, dust themselves off and move on as if nothing happened!
But unfortunately for some, they can’t. They will fall in a spiral of despair, depression, anxiety, self blame, anger, and self loathing etc. They may seek help, but when the treatment program concludes they’re addicted to the drugs that helped them cope. As results, they will turn to street drugs and self medicate!
I read and hear the same stories over and over and over again, and they all have a common thread, they are unable or unwilling to deal with the trauma they have experienced and find peace and comfort in their own way!
In a recent case study I read, a mother who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and addicted to heroin and cocaine, sold her 12 year old daughter to her pimp for 4 bags of dope and some pills! The pimp then prostituted the 12 year old girl (high on meth) out to MEN for 2 years until she fell pregnant at age 14 to the pimp him self! 6 weeks after the birth of her child, she was returned to the streets and continued working for her pimp! 6 months later she was arrested and placed in custody for 2 years! The baby was left in the care of the father (the pimp.) At 17, she was released and returned to the streets and the father and child were gone. Now in her 30’s she still works the streets she did as children, but on her own! She has no idea who has, or what happened to child and she is emotionally, mentally and physically broken!
There is a lot more to this case study than I have mentioned but it gives you an idea of the level of trauma and its associated effects on the individual! This particular case continues to haunt me, and I find it very difficult to comprehend and consider a satisfactory conclusion about addiction being a choice.
Yes, there were bad choices made but they were driven by individual circumstances.
I look forward to your response!
@@_Miss_K_
I agree with you to a point, taking drugs is a choice but for some, that choice is removed.
Multi generational addiction, where children are exposed to drug use from a very young age!
Where peer pressure is involved at a young age to experiment with drugs!
When a mother use drugs during pregnancy and the baby is born addicted to drugs!
Do these children have a choice or is the choice made for them??
The drums of victory what a nice sound
Another happy couple- isn’t marriage great?
Never understood why a man would call a woman “bro” must be a Philly thing
Well the drummers were entertaining and talented
Is that a lovers spat? Jesus. I know people have to live where they can, and i get that. But personally, i couldn't deal with this insanity..The noise the filth the addicts, the sheer energy of that place would have me committed in an insane asylum. That place is overwhelming 😢 Thanks for closing the video out with the drummer's . It was the highlight of the video ❤
Jak ludzie nie mają innej możliwości to muszą tam mieszkać.To jest koszmar.
Страна ,которая учит другие страны как надо жить.Это ад.
Exactly
I could listen to and watch these drummers 24/7❤
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lucky man
the drums were great.
Only sad thing I see is the poor dog
Only sad thing is the dog? Really?
Caring for dogs more than for people: US culture.
@@Anti-Fake-ul9oeThese addicts don't even care about themselves.
Very entertaining!! Thank you SHIZZOTHEPRO
I like the part of the video when the guys were playing the drums that was nice
Paradise...fantastic cleaning job well done
Those drummers 🔥❤️
This is wrong in so many ways. Its sad the government won't try to help / correct this situation.
Shutting down the mental health institutions seems like a bad idea as clearly some of these people desperately need help.
It seems like this is some kind of beta test happend by design.
I’m not too sure about the Beta test theory…
What you’re seeing in this video and many like it is called a Social Issue! They are created humans and have plagued society for millennia. Tobacco, alcohol and gambling are also serious social issues just like drug use! As I said, we’re the problem, if we want something, we get it! If we can’t have it, we want it more! It doesn’t matter if we need it, whether it’s good or bad for us, whether it’s illegal or not, if we want it, it’s ours. This behaviour is part of the human condition, it’s in our DNA.
Governments have no control over social issues, prohibition proved that in the 1920’s and 30’s. The opium war in the 1840’s didn’t stop the opium trade either!
There is no silver bullet, there is no magic formula…. Drugs are here to stay!
And that’s fuckin frightening!
Individuals have to want or feel the need to be helped. No one can help them but themselves. The help and resources are all around, waiting for them to come in. At this point their should be some place or huge space to contain this world kind of world. It's not going away🚀.🚀
@@seabreezocean4184 US $wine explaining away.😂
el gobierno esta mas preocupado en vender armas y financiar guerras,es mas rentable ...
The human zoo. Free. Admission. 7 days a week. Open 24hrs. 😢😢so sad
meanwhile Ukraine just received $61 billion from the USA 😁
How stupid was that when our country is falling apart
U$ terror regime spent $trillions on its own wars. $60 billion is small change.
most of this aid goes into the pockets of the oligarchs not for poor soldiers; and the most of arms go to black market
中國有計劃提供芬太尼毒品原料赤化美國，從根本上消滅俄羅斯及中國這些邪惡勢力，因為這兩個國家正用毒品荼害世界
I lost my son 34 last year do to a fentanyl overdose, he was doing pills then went to heroin. In his dad's driveway they used 3 cans of narcan he passed away anyway. This is in rural ky.
So sorry to hear this Lisa. My heartfelt to you.😢
I'm sorry for your loss I've lost a few close people to that evil drug your family is in my prayers 💜 🙏
Spotless, clean and spick and span must become a ceremonial ritual for each and every individual to take upon themselves, an expectation a habit, and obsession with clean.
Always make sure that your environment and streets and surroundings are your own responsibility to keep spotless.
And sick and span.The will and the willingness and self-reliance is a good beginning. ❤
I am Japanese and cannot speak English at all. In Japan, I have no experience to see homeless people at all in daily life。 In 2023、Japanese population was 124,000,000 and the number of homeless people was 3,065 from Hokkido to Okinawa(Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare) After seeing this UA-cam, I became tearful and could not sleep at night. In this UA-cam, I imagine every homeless person’s character is good and gentle. I want to invite one of them to my small Japanese house. People are sitting on the road and some of them sleep deeply even during the daytime after getting many drugs. As one of the Japanese, I wonder why many American people became like this homeless. The reason is very simple. Everybody living in this world always fights many different kinds of problems. At that time, if there were some good social systems to support suffering people, people would not depend on drugs. I am very ugly in the US Politicians especially Mr.Biden and Mr.Trump .The two gentlemen can be seen on CNN many times, but, always talk about the US being great again and supporting Israel's killing Palestinian babies, children, and women 32,070 and never talk about the miserable lovely homeless people in Kensington at all. The number of people killed by guns in the USA in 2022 is 44,357(by Gun Violence Archive). The number of people killed by guns in Japan in 2022 is 4(Metropolitan Police Department) この、米国のとんでもない、気の毒な、ホームレスの方々の惨状は、日本人の私には、とても、信じられない光景です。世界大戦のない、比較的、平和な、今の時代に、米国の政治家は、一体、何をしているのですか？ 今夜も、苦しくて、眠れません。
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As a Japanese, your comment sounds sensible and sensitive. Kudos!
US culture is different: some commenters in this UA-cam forum pity a dog left on the street, rather than their fellow citizens. That's how low the US culture has fallen.
You and I are not even US residents, yet we feel compassion for our fellow human beings, thousands of miles away.
27:45 😂😂 they just walk around kenzo all day doing this. I heard them on all of the drive around videos recently & on the live multiple times
Where are the homeless supposed to go now??
Mental institution.
Somehow the Drums Parade brings a little bit of hope to the town. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
These people live in a paradise-like country, and I don’t know why they don’t cherish it. I live in a hellish country and feel hopeless every day
Thanks 😎👍
ALOHA & MAHALO~!🤙
George Carlin was right about the future of the U.S. 😂😂😂
I guess sweeping wasn't the solution. Is it improving? More officials, same problems...? Are they trying to help or "cracking down on it"?
The best way I can put it is…..
It’s still a shit show!!
This is what I saw and heard during the cleanup!
Most of the homeless and drug addicts left the area a day before the cleanup! The people who stayed were offered rehabilitation services or 30 days in jail! 39 addicts took advantage of rehabilitation the remaining were taken into custody!
As for the people that left before the cleanup, they were setting in 2 blocks down and 1 block over from Kensington Avenue!
The open air drug market is no longer in sight but I suspect it has moved underground! The dealers were waiting for addicts who moved before the cleanup!
When the area was cleared, the city arrived and contacted trash and people’s belongings, then power washed the sidewalks and sanitised the whole area then barricades were installed along the sidewalks!
Lastly, the politicians did interviews, photos, pattered each other on the back and left!
Is it improving…….?
Only time will tell, moving people on and cleaning the streets is the easy part!Keeping them away and getting them well….. that’s going to be tough!
Some have already started to return in the side streets!
Are they trying to help or cracking down on it…..?
They are trying to help the people who want help. 39 agreed to go to rehab! Hopefully they’re still there! There were also other service providers there at the time…. So, yeah, I think they are trying to help them!
As for the crack down….. hell yeah! A big part of Mayor Parker’s election campaign was based on cleaning up Kensington Avenue!
The community is watching, so is the media! The reds are watching as well as the Feds and November elections are coming! To be honest, there’s a lot at play here, and it will take many months before we really see any real progress! Every change must be measured and meaningful also cost effective and sustainable. 3 years ago the place was cleaned up and it all turned to shit again!
It has to be done right or it’s just more wasted funding!
@ronferguson9695 Wow! That was so kind of you to offer such a comprehensive reply. You really covered the bases, and I appreciate it so much. I'm wondering if the city is preparing for gentrification as the property values hit bottom. Stylish living apartments, niche restaurants and shops, etc. The economy is hitting many people hard, but as usual, "the rich get richer and the poor get the picture." SO, a mixed bag, maybe. Anyway, I'll continue to follow the story, as I have lived on both sides of that fence! Again, a big and sincere thanks for your understanding and sharing. Best wishes to you...and the Kensington Krazy area! 🏢🏣🏥🏦🏨🏩🏪🏫....💞
@@marlenechicoine4005
You’re so welcome, glad I was able to help out! As you can tell, I spend far too much time watching these videos, but I find Kensington Avenue’s story really interesting!
Like you, I think the city has big plans for Kensington Avenue and the surrounding areas! Getting the place cleaned up makes it much more attractive to investors and developers! I’ve heard property are selling for around 400K I believe so that will drive the demographic growth!
Again, like you said, the rich get richer and the poor will get forgotten!
I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what happens next!
Take care. 😀
@@ronferguson9695 Thanks! Okay, I'll be watching, too...😳 LOL, the face i always use is gone!
At the heart of it all they chillaxin’ on the side of the road and gettin’ buzzed beyond belief…..
How can it be?God, please,save these people😢😢😢
Wonderfull guys at thé end!!! Wake up!!! Tatatata !!!!👍 0:06
Thank for the show USA Today 👍😰😰😰🇺🇸 can you please go find where the homeless get their money from
Probably SSI government checks.
This is a 3th world country.Shameful leaving this happening for so long.
When those ppl be moving around and clapping and stuff its cuz they trying to not nod out cuz they wanna enjoy their high but ...
This is literally a living nightmare spiritual warfare is at hand here i pray for these people forreal 🙏
Is this before or after the clean up?
AFTER 😂😂
Good Morfine ❤ Let's Go 👌💯
I am so glad my parents raised me in the country in California 🌴❤️
Always keep that in mind! You didn’t choose where you were raised, they didn’t either….
Many of the young people in these videos are multi generational addicts! Their grandparents were addicts, their parents were addicts and that young person may have been born an addict! Some don’t stand a chance!!!
@ronferguson9695 true however they definitely stand a chance if they give their lives to the LORD not just them but EVERYONE. GOD BLESS THEM 💜 🙏
@@elijahtheprophet4544
I believe faith plays a role in everything we do. Whether we have in a creator, faith in science, technology and medicine and more importantly, faith in ourselves!
If these people committed themselves to any of these, their chances of success would improve!
@@elijahtheprophet4544
True, but faith is subjective!
This is how America cities are going to be like in the future that is sad
Time of the month!
Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling Clementine, Thou art gone and lost forever. Dreadful sorry, Clementine.
Барабанщики ребята молодцы!
Moral of the story: Never annoy a black woman.
She's upset about something. They might need to get a divorce.
REALLY 😂😂😂😂😂😂
OMG 😱 wow
Are really serious about that being the day after the clean up or the day before the clean please let me know...
Before and after. The barricades were put in place after the cleanup!!
Yes, it looked much cleaner but for how long?
Whatever happened, I thought this was all going to be cleaned up, this is some city of Brotherly Love, how do people sink so low?😢
Lots of people are happy doing nothing. Some made it here. Have another plastic plate of man and cheese.
Free will.
Too much Free Will.
Instead of sending money to war, build a medical clinic to all these people!!!
I hope 🙏 Amber is safe.especially not doing dates!!!
Amber will do anything to keep her from going into withdrawal. That’s just how addiction works!!!
Ужас говорят что им всем Дают пособие Это бескровный война
Is this before, or after the cleanup?
Before and after! The barricades on the sidewalks were put there after the cleanup!!
Хорошо что унас в России нет такова ужаса, унас улицы чистые и нет такова смрада
Looks real cleaned up LOL
They doing way too much how can anyone live among all this chaos it’s a zoo
Funny thing is any apt on 2d floor is not cheap
Many that see use too be school hall walkers and just got older
I thought they just cleaned that area up
Politicians should be jailed for this ridiculous situation...........welcome to the USA
Surrealistic place.
This area still looks like a festering cesspool. Nothing has changed..just moved from once area to another. If people aren't going to get clean, find a purpose to life, employment and a place to live ( barring the mentally ill); it will remain a drug filled, dirty, awful environment. Make help and social services available..then it's up to the individual
Yellow vests they must be supervisors
Who can tell me where do they take these people?
I know damn well this isn’t Kensington the day after ……. Ain’t no damn way
Before and after. The barricades were set up on the sidewalk after the cleanup!!
Почему бы не снять сериал о жителях клоаки ? Я думаю он был бы очень успешным во всём мире . Несколько хороших актёров на главные роли , а массовка - вот она готовая , плюс бесплатные декорации .Если вы в Америке кричите на весь мир , что чёрные жизни важны , так покажите насколько они важны на этих примерах . И не заставляйте весь мир молиться на вас , вы не представляете как хочется блевать на ваше лицемерие . Град на холме , вашу мать !
👍, except for foul language!
Folks dont realise can't , make money just sitting around
Y la banda que honda? Serán Venezolanos?
How you can sleep at night knowing something like this is happening in your country?
Good question, particularly for the rulers of the country.
J'espère ne jamais voir çà en France !
just sick
Why not go after the dealers? You know someone has to be delivering to them????
Это ужас😮😢
Same old same old.
What’s with the knock who what’s going on why are they there
Gee what will all the people who loved watching the Kensington Live cam do all day now 😂
Work?
Clean? Where?
Folks in yellow no masks
Welche Regierung lässt das zu das Menschen und Regionen so verkommen ? Für was werden die Gelder genutzt,.......Was ist wichtiger?
This is not to clean up. What happens?
Как будто год 3024-й....
@2:21 ice cream man probably selling drugs.
Mieszkam w Polsce Ale czegoś takiego w Polsce nie widziałem
Y esas personas de chaleco verde que son? Parece q fueron a prestar ayuda 😢 oh Guao America así no te vez como en mis sueños
What the hell they are back out there again
Yeah, I expected back though. It will take months if not years to get this shit show sorted, that’s if they can!
Where did everyone go?
A few blocks away perhaps
Maybe they all over dosed.
Откуда в ютубе столько видео с этого кингстона? Думаю кто то туры продаёт. Показывает made in U. S. A. 🤪😜
That wasn’t filmed AFTER the cleanup was it? It doesn’t seem possible. I believe I’d prefer hanging out in a mental institution. My God!
Oh, no, NO! I do not want these values of American democracy for my beloved Russia. US authorities should better take care of its country.
I wonder what happened to all that selected women's apparel for up to 70% off at rainbow?
Essas pessoas de colete fica passeando olhando a desgraça das pessoas....
Что там с Бритни? Жива хоть?
ഇവിടെ സന്തോഷ് ജോർജ് കുളങ്ങര പോകാറില്ലേ.....