Residents of Burlington, Vermont, are expressing their growing concern over the city's escalating homelessness and drug crisis, stating they feel unsafe and ignored by authorities. They highlight open drug dealing, homeless encampments, and rising crime rates as major issues.
Residents of a Vermont city plagued by rampant homelessness and drug use are speaking out against the “lack of respect” shown for law-abiding citizens, and complaining that they cannot go outside at night due to the crime.people, experiences a crime rate of 60 per one thousand residents, far more than the state and national average, law enforcementafter police seized about 86 grams of heroin and fentanyl from him during a September 16 traffic stop, Breitbart News reported.
“Where is the accountability? We are being asked to set up cameras, put up fences, all of these things. Where do we say, okay, it’s time to step up to the plate and help yourself?” she said. “It’s very difficult to be showing compassion when we don’t receive the compassion in return.”Fox News this week that they do not feel safe. Vermont itself has suffered a 500 percent increase in drug overdose deaths over the last decade, the outlet noted.
One of her neighbors, who uses a wheelchair, went outside for a smoke one night and “got beaten up really bad” by suspects who also attempted to destroy the victim’s chair, she said.Patricia, a Burlington business owner, said that the city government needs to focus on “community safety” as much as it does on the wellbeing of the homeless and addicts.
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