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Lady Freedom Returns

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Tue Dec 10, 2013, 07:12 PM Dec 2013

This is the story I was trying to post about Occupy Tucson...

TUCSON- As many of us crank up our heaters this week, there are some Tucsonans sleeping outside on cold sidewalks.

"It's unbearable," says Gregory Williams.

Williams is one of a couple dozen homeless people who sleep on the sidewalk near Veinte de Agosto Park downtown. The area is dubbed a "Safe Park", a place where the homeless can set up camp, without breaking the law.

Since they started sleeping there in October, they have been dreading the winter months.

"We've been teaching them about layering up and sleeping on cardboard instead of the ground, so they aren't freezing that way," says Jon McLane, a homeless man, who helped lead the Occupy Tucson movement.



Read more and watch story at http://www.kvoa.com/news/it-s-unbearable-homeless-tucsonans-brave-bitter-cold/#_

The Occupy Movement is also having Demonstrations @ the park at Speedway and Stone at 4pm weather permits on most days.
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