What I would like to focus on in this blog post is the movie which we viewed in class. It was a movie called “Taylor’s Campaign,” in which it showed a man named Taylor running for a seat on the council in Santa Monica. His main focus was on helping the homeless, and ways in which the city can become more involved in helping the homeless. He went around Santa Monica showing his deep connection with these people, talking and sharing stories with them. In some cases, he even drove them to interview appointments for housing. Overall, Taylor was a fantastic man from what was put on screen.
There were instances in which the movie showed how the police would interact with the homeless, and ways in which they would throw away their possessions, make them relocate, and sometimes harass them. It reminded me of the Group “A” book I am reading, “Down, Out, and Under Arrest: Policing on Skid Row”, in which it tells the history of Skid Row. Much of its history revolves around the LAPD constantly arresting the homeless, and relocating them as to not bother the people of the downtown area. It is almost ironic to see similarities, if not the same exact instances happen in real modern times.