"Yeah. There were actually three beatings of three homeless people."
"Within a month?"
"Within a week. One of them was left at the level of a five-year-old, Kenny passed away and the other guy, they put into a rehab facility. He's an alcoholic, and he got beaten so badly, they didn't want to put him back on the streets, so they put him into a rehab. Three, within a week."
"We found out by the outreach. The outreach came by, especially to me and Eli, the other girl, because we're girls and they wanted us to be careful. But yeah, no news, no""
"And no arrest."
"No."
Broad Street Ministry, the shelter that Lisa used to sleep at, has been closed since April 1st. It only operates in the winter.
"If a woman doesn't have a man," I continued, "that's pretty fucked up, right?"
"Yeah."
"It's almost essential."
"Yeah. I don't see how you can be out here without somebody, a friend or someone that you trust to take care of you. Otherwise, you're in jeopardy every night, really."
"I can see a situation where a woman is out here as a single, and then has to find a man."
"Yes!"
"But that's also weird, right?"
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