Are Libraries Becoming More Dangerous?

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Ай бұрын

Libraries are supposed to be a quiet place for learning. However, across the U.S., many libraries have found themselves under siege by crime. Calls coming from libraries are inundating many police departments. According to police records, more than 500 calls were made to police from the San Diego Central Library in the past year. To see for ourselves, Inside Edition spent the day at the library. It was not long before we witnessed cops rushing to the scene of a suspected overdose.

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@daxm8747 Ай бұрын

To me its starting to feel like any public place in the USA is beginning to look like a war zone.

@andyd3447 Ай бұрын

Yes because of all the guns.

@ezekielgates1558 Ай бұрын

Correct, Canada while frozen cold six months of the year is at least a lot safer.

@bloodlove93 Ай бұрын

doesn't look like Israel or Ukraine to me

@Iwipemyasswithpalestianflag Ай бұрын

Social media has made people crazy

@vegangainsfather2877 Ай бұрын

@@andyd3447 When adjusted per capita, switzerland has a higher gun ownership rate than the US. How come they don't have shootings?

@Ishl Ай бұрын

It’s a shame. I’ve always believed that a city’s most prized possession is always its library

@terranceaddison4599 Ай бұрын

It still is. In my cousin's home town in Florence, SC, the library is one of the largest buildings in town (following the courthouse and the medical center)

@jglg7238 Ай бұрын

🤣

@skycloud4802 Ай бұрын

A cities most prizes possession is the train journey out of it.

@CRanunculus Ай бұрын

It's prized by the homeless because your gov hates fixing the homelessness. They make too much money as non-profits. As someone who used to be homeless due to domestic violence, I would bet money I don't have that just building a day shelter for the winter months would solve the library crisis overnight.

@davidbenning10 Ай бұрын

⁠@@skycloud4802Lol. This might be the only valuable thing.

@cerebralsamurai8382 Ай бұрын

You know we're in bad times if libraries aren't even safe to go to anymore

@MrColdwilliam Ай бұрын

Libraries, Schools, places of worship -- but point out that this is a uniquely American thing and everyone freaks out. Name a single state or city and everyone applauds. Weird times.

@bradentheman1373 Ай бұрын

we’ve always been in bad times dawg

@geoh7777 29 күн бұрын

@cerebralsamurai8382 What do you think would be the result if every individual who entered a library to misuse it in the ways shown in this video disappeared into the prison system and if not executed, weren't released until they were so old they couldn't harm anyone anymore?

@janetmiller2980 28 күн бұрын

They've been that way for years. Some parents have used libraries for babysitters for their kids. Some of those kids aren't so little and have harmed other kids. It is sad these institutions require police officers on library patrol, though.

@kidgoku23 28 күн бұрын

The End Times

@thomasplouffe1363 Ай бұрын

" a safe quiet place for learning" every school ever

@slushylemming1321 Ай бұрын

American schools

@georgelayton6641 Ай бұрын

But they have BOOKS!

@alvindevasconcelos8555 Ай бұрын

@@slushylemming1321That sounds like jealousy

@ThomasSawyers Ай бұрын

@@alvindevasconcelos8555that sounds like insecurity

@carnage0685 Ай бұрын

schools were never safe

@pedrotinaco1 Ай бұрын

I remember going to the library in the 80s. I felt so safe and comfortable while reading magazines about the world. The libraries in the 90s had video cassettes to rent. I could learn computer skills in the 2000s. Save the libraries.

@UNscenefuture 29 күн бұрын

I use to be able to walk around the mall at 8 years old with no sense of danger in the early 90s. The US has for sure taken a turn for the worst.

@kaylagomez-ne2xt 27 күн бұрын

@@UNscenefutureI blame drugs and horror movies and books about horror

@UNscenefuture 27 күн бұрын

@@kaylagomez-ne2xt That and the break down of the American family.

@GoddessOfLove-pr7ek 9 күн бұрын

Same I really miss those days from 80's my childhood to 90's era my teen years. Back then going to the library, mall roller skating, bowling, summer camp, play outside with friends until the street light came on, ride bicycles, play sports or any fun activities, etc. Living in modern era technology/Internet is taking over so much more. It can be exhausting, sometimes. Nowadays I don't go to the Library or bookstores anymore. They're my favorite chill, hang out spots since my youth. Life before the Internet was simple, carefree, fun and you can go places where you'll be safe. Present day we can't be safe anywhere. At least we'll always have great memories of how life was before Internet and technology arrived in 2000's.

@teabag7772 2 күн бұрын

They still have cassettes at my location. But it's also become more unsafe there due to homeless people coming there more abd because of crazies coming there more.

@stacyscooby8488 Ай бұрын

this is sad . this place is supposed to be a sanctuary.

@okamijubei Ай бұрын

Those and churches and yet violence and rapes happens over there.

@AdamThygerson-lm1gt Ай бұрын

no sanctuary in san diego, maybe the temple

@UTTPOfficer2024 Ай бұрын

not anymore I suppose

@MargaritaMagdalena Ай бұрын

The library was my only place to flee to when I was a child, living with an untreated schizophrenic.

@bfrancis9898 Ай бұрын

There is no sanctuary from the violence of poverty. If they can jail you they can house you. It is a policy choice. Everyone deserves the dignity of a place to call home. Zero empathy in this terrible excuse for journalism. 👍🏻

@zalmute423 Ай бұрын

The library is one of the few remaining places one can go and not be expected to spend money. We lost most or third places (places not home or work/school) and we should not let fear take it away from us.

@TheModelOmega Ай бұрын

Years of pharmaceutical companies and doctors prescribing opioid pills like candy led to widespread addiction. Then, when the government cracked down, people turned to substances like crack for their addictive fix. Naturally, crime, homelessness, and drug use skyrocketed. The government ended a problem they had allowed to develop without implementing any safeguards. Now, we're all bearing the consequences, some more than others.

@squirrel9760 Ай бұрын

🙏🙏🙏🙌🏾

@kaliwebb6383 Ай бұрын

Not to mention the govt. shutting down a lot of mental institutions back in the 80s/90s and just letting mentally ill people out on the streets to fend for themselves.

@sevensages5279 Ай бұрын

Check out what happened in Austin a few days ago where over 50 drug addicts overdosed and four died!! 😮

@1JamesMayToGoPlease Ай бұрын

@TheModelOmega Crack will *not* satiate an opioid addiction.

@janeelove3209 28 күн бұрын

Unfortunately true

@RollerSCoaster17 Ай бұрын

My local library is absolutely filled with homeless people sleeping in the bathrooms. Uncomfortable and extremely crazy!!

@Alex1891 Ай бұрын

Please do not disturb someone sleeping if they're not being disruptive. It's probably the only opportunity they have to sleep. Advocate for policies that reduce homelessness.

@shizzLd352 Ай бұрын

There is no policy that can reduce homelessness. They dont follow the laws or rules to begin with, so what policy would change things? California supposedly spends millions on the issue every year and its only gotten worse. Addiction is the major cause and drugs have been illegal for quite some time. @@Alex1891

@Alex1891 Ай бұрын

@@ee023 I believe the most recent statistic is that about half of all homeless people work. Logic should easily lead you to the conclusion that work does not (and should not) comprise all of one's time; therefore, you should currently expect to see at least some homeless people at the library. I'm not going to argue with you about the morality of harassing them. That's reprehensible.

@__________o____________ Ай бұрын

@@Alex1891 If i gotta poo im throwing a trash can to wake em up go to work

@FritzMonorail Ай бұрын

@@ee023 I'm not going to get on my high horse about homeless people sleeping when they can, especially since I as a disabled person would probably be homeless if not for my family.

@HeatherJSN Ай бұрын

I took my nephews to a "Story Time" at our local library. And guess who was there watching children? Someone on the SO registry. You bet I called the cops.

@PeachWookiee 29 күн бұрын

That’s not a new thing.

@marquistf1996 28 күн бұрын

So grateful for your vigilance and proactivity.

@scratchbuiltreplicas824 27 күн бұрын

Sadly they probably did nothing.

@HeatherJSN 27 күн бұрын

@@scratchbuiltreplicas824 They arrested him and he was sentenced to jail for violating his probation.

@X0AleeX0 27 күн бұрын

How did you know he was on the registry?

@armandocardona6975 Ай бұрын

I called the police on a homeless man who was getting touchy with my fiance who looks underage and was sitting by herself. The library did not want to trespass him or call the police. They only stepped in keep me from harming him.

@professoremil Ай бұрын

That’s insane. They won’t stop a literal molestation from happening, but can stop the guy trying to prevent it. Deplorable staff.

@armandocardona6975 Ай бұрын

@@professoremil he was a regular homeless guy who the staff were familiar with so they didn’t want to get him in legal trouble

@professoremil Ай бұрын

@@armandocardona6975 Goodness, that’s even worse! I’m glad you contacted authorities, enabling something THAT extreme is what causes women and children to be victimized in the first place.

@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman 21 күн бұрын

Underage?... 🤨

@Ms.A422 17 күн бұрын

@@Mahlak_Mriuani_AnatmanSuspect thing to say….

@terifinnegan6649 Ай бұрын

God bless that young man that perished while defending his friend.

@lavenderflowersfall280 Ай бұрын

God bless everyone of us

@Shastasnow Ай бұрын

And the lady. She was just doing her job

@homerodaniel_007 29 күн бұрын

I lived for more than a decade in a third world country and these kind of things never happen. It was super unsafe but people still had respect for Churches, hospitals and libraries.

@Crazy-Clown-In-Town Ай бұрын

I used to hang out in the library with friends when I was a kid. I loved reading National Geographic magazines and Popular Science. My neighborhood library was the only place my mom would let me go alone and not worry about a thing.

@PHlophe Ай бұрын

i love me National G. my grand father has issues dating back to1o 1951 . i have since added american and australian scientist to my collectibles.

@Codacoli Ай бұрын

Those were my favorites growing up and the Library would be where my parents would pick me up. There was 1 homeless person, but never more than that. Kind of crazy how it’s a bigger problem now.

@andrewiglinski148 Ай бұрын

*_YES_* I work at the library almost every day, and it's insane. It's completely overrun by homeless people, which in itself isn't a bad thing, but more than half of them have absolutely zero respect for anyone else. They take up far more space than they need, and if they're not sleeping they're talking loudly and occupying an 8 person table by themselves so nobody else can use it. I understand why the librarians don't confront grown men that could hurt them, but they don't do anything to address the issue with teens running around either. There's two sides to the issue: On one hand, society needs to do something about these people outside of the library, and on the other... the librarians let it get this bad, and now they have to deal with the consequences.

@user-zf3xb3qx8w Ай бұрын

legally, they have to be very careful what they initiate, even in Canada. Calgary library downtown simply closed their second floor computer access as derelicts were taking it over and simply staying. Then they added a booking time out, that helped. But the bathrooms were never designed for street people traffic.

@HerLimted Ай бұрын

They’re also smelly

@OphanielH Ай бұрын

In fact, I’ve been diagnosed with bipolar disorder as well. A year ago they had evicted me, as well. Yet I did not end up miserable on the street fighting over public areas and harassing regular people. So yeah, no sympathy especially for GROWN AS men who can easily find ANY labor job.

@andrewiglinski148 Ай бұрын

@@HerLimted They don’t have showers. What does that have to do with traits that they can change?

@enjoystraveling Ай бұрын

@@andrewiglinski148 they can find showers at the shelters if they want

@up-uw4op Ай бұрын

I was sexually harassed at the library in 2007 in a small town. This is nothing new. Lots of sketchy people hang out there.

@JOEL00111 Ай бұрын

Keep being a liberal, it's what u get.

@arvurebantra7639 Ай бұрын

I was homeless and used the library to keep warm in the early 2000's. Saw a lot of messed up stuff and a few overdoses back then. It's NOT NEW. It's been happening for decades.

@up-uw4op Ай бұрын

@@JOEL00111 so non liberals have nothing bad happen to them?

@Milk-rn5uq Ай бұрын

@@JOEL00111boomer

@samuelstevens1129 Ай бұрын

@@JOEL00111you made this political for no reason. You most likely wear a helmet indoors too

@Vs-hl7zq Ай бұрын

Library, church, school and mall aren’t safe. I think there is just too many miserable broken people hurting people. Sad world we live in.

@RanchoPistola 27 күн бұрын

Shoutout to the pandemic 💯

@CoolTangerine93 26 күн бұрын

It definitely made things escalate.😢 @@RanchoPistola

@ArtIsDrawing 26 күн бұрын

@@RanchoPistola Stop blaming other people than yourselves!!

@ArtIsDrawing 26 күн бұрын

But we should be grateful for this right -?

@RanchoPistola 26 күн бұрын

We all just need to smoke a joint. Specifically some indica

@DorkyGirl Ай бұрын

Homeless people hang out at our library during day time hours in winter. As far as I know they have never been an issue.

@adidasfan360 Ай бұрын

If you were a book at a library then I would pick you.

@arvurebantra7639 Ай бұрын

This! I was one of those homeless people once. It is not a new problem either. This has been going on for decades. Nothing has changed, just people being more aware.

@cormacthem8406 Ай бұрын

Nothing ever happens, until it does…

@Ye-tf9im Ай бұрын

lol yall the reason the big cities turning to garbagd

@halo-cn3ku Ай бұрын

I used to see plenty during the winter when I would to go the library to get school work done. All they ever did was read books and on occasion help the staff clean up the library. None were ever a problem. If they’re were druggies they were “politely” asked to leave.

@user-cc5od3zk4p Ай бұрын

Back in the 90s, homeless folks would sleep in the college library during the day. Security soon followed. I get it but , I paid to be there and having to listen to someone snore like a freight train and the personal hygiene was too much.

@charlessutherland274 Ай бұрын

I used to be a public librarian in a high-crime area of town. I remember I was calling the cops three times a week or more at one point, to the point where I knew the 911 operators on a first-name basis. And this was in the 2010's. Now I teach elementary school, which is not only less stressful but pays better.

@Sai1523 Ай бұрын

The Santa Ana public library has always been unsafe since I was a kid. Always a bunch of homeless by the only entrance and crime always happens in front of it. It’s a shame, because it’s a very nice library.

@godsmacked1000 Ай бұрын

OC?

@user-zf3xb3qx8w Ай бұрын

@@godsmacked1000 probably. lived in the City of Orange and it was really great. Sad.

@Troller4739 Ай бұрын

OC huh

@user-uj5ly1eq5n Ай бұрын

@@Troller4739 yeah and wouldn’t be surprised as SA isn’t a safe city in OC

@av64760 9 күн бұрын

Homeless people should just all move to the capital city of California right where the governor is

@user-hq6vt3ip2r Ай бұрын

Cant even go to the libraries anymore, such same!

@NoemyTorrance 9 күн бұрын

*shame but you're right.

@greggreg2263 Ай бұрын

In Calgary we have a brand new hundred40 million $ library that is full of homeless people so nobody can go there. We went once and never been back.😢

@mstt3530 Ай бұрын

It’s so sad because the library is beautiful. I was there recently and there were so many homeless people shooting up in the washroom. The same thing is happening in Libraries across Montreal too!

@moheezy6869 Ай бұрын

This world is becoming more lawless

@RanchoPistola 27 күн бұрын

The purge has become a reality but only for certain people. Ahem

@RoseNZieg Ай бұрын

i never thought a library as a scary place. that's sad.

@johntownPSN Ай бұрын

Require library cards for access and block computers from pornography. That will eliminate most issues.

@LemmeHoldaDollarMan Ай бұрын

I was in Eugene, OR in 2012. While at the public library, there was a homeless man watching porn with the volume up. It was an enclosed "quiet" computer room. There were KIDS in there. I complained. The worker said he could not "censor" the weirdo. I swear to God.

@MTREDHEADS Ай бұрын

nice idea and it would help but idk about eliminate, unless you have data proof of it

@-xxMelissaxx- Ай бұрын

.... they already block that and there's obviously way to get around that. And a card is required to check out library material, not to access the premises which everyone should be welcome to.

@terranceaddison4599 Ай бұрын

@@LemmeHoldaDollarMan where I live at (VA) they would've barred him from the computers. Because actually have the rules in place..Libraries here have low tolerance.... nowadays. They have a program to detect algorithms of inappropriate stuff.. automatically blocks it ...

@taliafuller8427 Ай бұрын

This happened when I worked for a law library, a little girl was watching it in curiosity next to a guy watching the hardcore porn. :/ I told my coworkers but it’s apparently invasion of the Guy’s first amendment.

@SanFernandoValleyRose Ай бұрын

And that is why I have not been to the public library in Los Angeles for 6 years.

@bradentheman1373 Ай бұрын

get out of los angeles bro

@SanFernandoValleyRose Ай бұрын

@@bradentheman1373 I would Bro but I am 78 and am disabled.

@silverflame8414 Ай бұрын

boohoo

@Ravenboppityzoppity 28 күн бұрын

You can still enjoy access to library resources without physically going to one, if you have an LA County library card the free app Libby has your local library's digital catalogue available! Ebooks, Graphic novels, audiobooks, even magazines! Pretty handy when I want a new book but don't want to leave the house, I highly recommend.

@anajc9130 Ай бұрын

The world is changing. It is no longer the safe and loving place I used to know. It is sad.

@tomboyjessie1352 Ай бұрын

The world has always been this way, you're just more aware of it now because of TV and the internet.

@theduckk Ай бұрын

Wasn't the 1970s-2000s filler with serial killers?

@damian9303 Ай бұрын

@@theduckkwhy, because of the zodiac killer and ted bundy? only proves the earlier reply’s point

@theduckk Ай бұрын

@@damian9303 no there was statistically more serial killers back then due to the lack of technology and surveillance. That’s why so many serial killer horror movies that place in that era

@gabrielaj2066 Ай бұрын

You know I agree with Jessie, the world has always been like this but now you’re seeing it more because we have the tv news and the internet.

@TheLogicalAnswer Ай бұрын

since when did the library become a shooting range?

@AFloridaSon Ай бұрын

Criminals with guns love gun free zones.

@ricosuave384 Ай бұрын

Since the 1999 columbine massacre, no place is safe anymore

@vegangainsfather2877 Ай бұрын

@@ricosuave384 Yes, murders only started happening after 1999

@T-swizzle08 Ай бұрын

Don’t forget “scratch and sniff” 😐☠️

@halfadecade4770 Ай бұрын

@@vegangainsfather2877 no they didn't

@spaghettikennedy896 Ай бұрын

I scoffed at this headline, then went to the library and some guy was being chased out by security 😂 made me laugh

@phoenixdavida8987 Ай бұрын

@blackosprey2219 29 күн бұрын

It's no joke. My town's public library is gone now because of stuff like this.

@popenieafantome9527 29 күн бұрын

Haven’t gone to the library much in recent years with the rise of the digital age, but when i was younger, i did go often. Never saw any problems like these before. Just people quietly reading or using the computers for gaming or research. Only issue i saw was one of the more recent times i went to the library. There was an angry man yelling in the bathroom loud enough to heard across a very large room. Someone did eventually call security and kicked him out because he truly was being very disruptive in the library. Despite having 4 male security, they did manage to talk down the guy, so he left mostly peacefully rather than needing to be dragged out. Just some grumbling and curses as he walked out the library.

@paulajones4037 Ай бұрын

Damn!!! Isn't there any place sacred anymore 😢 😡

@prodigalpriest Ай бұрын

That has to be rhetorical.

@user-im1ld9gw9o Ай бұрын

Alaska, because it's too cold for anyone to live there

@PincheGuey-gc2or Ай бұрын

Yo momas not sacred anymore

@SonicTheDarkHedgehog Ай бұрын

@@PincheGuey-gc2orLOL! Says the one who never had a mom😆

@blazer9547 Ай бұрын

Low trust society

@garffeels Ай бұрын

the last time i went to the library there were a bunch of loud middle schoolers playing inappropriate hiphop in the teen section, it’s one of my favorite places to go and it makes me so sad :( we need a change!!

@blotfd Ай бұрын

ive been consistently been hearing about these ambiguous teens in the news. i always picture archie jughead betty and veronica in my mind but when they're shown it's always coloureds....

@violacadbury8343 Ай бұрын

⁠@@blotfdDo you really need to add race to this? Coloureds? What is this the 1950s?

@blotfd Ай бұрын

@@violacadbury8343 do you not realize that demographics matter?

@violacadbury8343 Ай бұрын

@@blotfd Do you not realize that stereotypes aren’t always true?

@blotfd Ай бұрын

@@violacadbury8343 well, the reality is that stereotypes tend to hold up. there's something consistently antisocial with poc's no matter where you find them. regardless of geography. it's not every single one if that's what you need to hear.

@juston5454 Ай бұрын

Imagine the libraries in San Francisco? The homeless capital of the world.

@fewkeyfewkey5414 Ай бұрын

Nyc still takes the cake 😊

@oinkytheink1228 Ай бұрын

@@fewkeyfewkey5414especially the winters they just harm homeless people by preventing them from sleeping on benches and heaters

@MrJuvefrank Ай бұрын

San Francisco has gone to the doggies.

@okamijubei Ай бұрын

What about new York City or Fresno or Los Angeles or Austin or Phoenix or Miami or Orlando and such?

@MrJuvefrank Ай бұрын

@@okamijubei All major cities in the U.S. have gone to the doggies, too.

@snowflakehunter Ай бұрын

Everyplace is getting more dangerous.

@cindynimeskern7994 Ай бұрын

2 Timothy 3:1-9

@Hungabrigoo Ай бұрын

This is your reward for all the tolerance.

@Wildman-zh8lg 29 күн бұрын

Everyone voted for it

@cobracommander9138 28 күн бұрын

But not as dangerous as it was before. These kids don't know how good they have it!

@snowflakehunter 28 күн бұрын

@@Wildman-zh8lg I didn't.

@yourlordship1119 Ай бұрын

We can't have nice things

@PraveenSriram Ай бұрын

Very sad 😔

@jeremyjackson7429 Ай бұрын

There's a reason why a record number of Americans say they want to leave the US

@Ravenboppityzoppity 28 күн бұрын

It's likely a vast assortment of reasons that ultimately equate to a couple of core causes

@kaylagomez-ne2xt 27 күн бұрын

The video said stabbings and countries around the world have stabbings

@lanaofficiel4042 26 күн бұрын

You got that RIGHT!!!! I'm ready to split from the United States ASAP.

@curiouspenguin6887 26 күн бұрын

There is absolutely no crime in other countries. 😂

@dollyperry3020 Ай бұрын

This makes me so sad.

@cristianaxx Ай бұрын

i’m pretty sure that this is only in major cities.

@PraveenSriram Ай бұрын

Agree

@RanchoPistola 27 күн бұрын

Nope I'm at a library right now and some foo was on the phone and nobody said jack but if it were me mfs would have been on my ass.

@shonaharris9328 10 күн бұрын

I live in a medium-sized town and our main library is flocked by the homeless and tweakers who assemble in front of and in the library, use the bathrooms. There have been many arrests at our library. It’s insane.

@RanchoPistola 10 күн бұрын

@@shonaharris9328 God help us

@spidercherry108 Ай бұрын

Only when they have stupid policies and/or don't enforce normal policies. Don't let the creepiest people ruin everything. It's not that hard.

@scarter2035 Ай бұрын

This is part of the reason why many libraries have closed 🥺😩

@Scoobis925 Ай бұрын

What happened to the times when we locked up criminals. These days they’re put in a jail for a day or two and they walk free

@whendaork9269 Ай бұрын

Goddam even the library is now a Warzone. What’s next?

@evandoesgaming159 Ай бұрын

I was at my local library a few months ago and some guy was rolling joints in the middle of the library. When the security guard came to kick him out, he was apparently surprised that he couldn't be rolling joints in a public library and was resistant to leave💀💀💀I guess people acting like idiots in libraries isn't just a thing where I live

@KatTheLavaGirl Ай бұрын

It’s such a shame. I grew up always going to the library and I have so many fond memories there :(

@dancytancy192 Ай бұрын

A lot of homeless occupy the library.

@ChrisF-fx5du Ай бұрын

Only homeless occupy the library

@repentandfollowjesuschrist6170 Ай бұрын

Yeah I use to get some homeless in the library I worked it

@jeromebass7878 Ай бұрын

I 😴 @ da library 📚

@citrosoda5370 Ай бұрын

I feel like there's not much utility to public libraries anymore except for the very poor.

@viralbuthow000 Ай бұрын

Lived in LA and NYC -- it can be a haven for homeless but the level of security is pretty good.

@kaliwebb6383 Ай бұрын

Pretty soon we will have to close all public spaces like this. Welcome to the USA 2024, where nobody cares about crime and the criminals have all the rights.

@maximus180 Ай бұрын

How did society get like this?

@okamijubei Ай бұрын

Not until you have a civil war (or world war iii).

@okamijubei Ай бұрын

@@maximus180capitalizations, inequity of supply& demand, using disastrous events as an excuse to inflate prices, corporation cutting corners which includes laid off people just to maximize profits, real estate value inflate over demand, etc

@terranceaddison4599 Ай бұрын

@@okamijubeiwell put..

@LITTLE1994 Ай бұрын

@@maximus180Social media and bad parenting.

@sarahduke2839 Ай бұрын

Yes because i was almost attacked by a homeless woman who tried to take my shoes. I stop going to library 4 years ago

@PHlophe Ай бұрын

Sarah i would have given him the shoes and would have went to the next supermarket to buy flip flps. it is not worth fighting for.

@sarahduke2839 Ай бұрын

It was a woman homeless I didn't havr much money at the time ok

@SierraP Ай бұрын

Wow that’s absolutely crazy.

@REALps2controller Ай бұрын

No no YOUR library is becoming a dangerous place. Stop making everyone feel like their library is dangerous.

@ianh9072 10 күн бұрын

For real ❤

@arielamaya4177 Ай бұрын

What happens when you go soft on crime and let repeat ofender out.

@Serpenttine Ай бұрын

When you got a city that doesnt do anything to solve homelessness, mental health problems, this is what you get

@seeleausstahl3595 Ай бұрын

Exactly! We need to get to the root of such problems.

@ColonizersBlow 28 күн бұрын

Which often happens when cities cater too much to the fat cat elites & corporations who benefit most from capitalism.

@RanchoPistola 27 күн бұрын

@Santa Maria

@kaylagomez-ne2xt 27 күн бұрын

@@seeleausstahl3595it happens when people don't feel smart then they take drugs

@barrieracc7634 26 күн бұрын

@@seeleausstahl3595 It's drugs. That's the root.

@shadowt5542 Ай бұрын

I used to be homeless myself, the library was a hotspot for us as it was open long hours and they didn't kick us out until closing time, good place to stay warm

@Frugal_fitchic 28 күн бұрын

I wish homeless would never enter the library. You’re not there to use it for the right reasons. It’s not a shelter.

@Badpoison1 Ай бұрын

Yes more fear stoking. I've worked at a library, and calling the cops for a number of things is fairly common. I would like to know just how many of those 500 calls were for a violent incident or safety concern or were for something far more mundane.

@foodmr2022 Ай бұрын

IT's shocking that the place where people want to read peacefully have to see something like this.

@GeneralKenobiYouAreABold1 Ай бұрын

This stuff has been happening for decades.

@youngblood71 Ай бұрын

Transients should not be allowed in public libraries period. It is not a shelter or drug den.

@OttoByOgraffey Ай бұрын

How do they weed them out? How do they know who is who?

@Frugal_fitchic 28 күн бұрын

@@OttoByOgraffey I would have them check library cards at the entrance. Also, remove them and ban them for sleeping in the library or causing a disturbance.

@paulj6756 26 күн бұрын

@@Frugal_fitchicAs someone who uses the library, I think this is a good idea.

@SurprisedCat-vr2bv 17 күн бұрын

@youngblood71: I worked reference at medium/ large public libraries for 15 years. Part of the difficult knot is that....because the building, the materials / collectiom and the pay of employees....derives funding from city / county / federal taxes...requirements limit the reasons for which people can be challenged about being in the facilities. The person's actions have to be definitely & provably dangerous or otherwise illegal, in order to require him to leave.

@youngblood71 17 күн бұрын

@@SurprisedCat-vr2bv I totally see the difficulty in "screening" citizens who want to use the library facilities. It's definitely easier to say or type what should be done vs. reality.

@HollyDutton-wz8fe Ай бұрын

The same thing has been going on in the downtown Dallas library for years.

@InfiniteTony Ай бұрын

No freaking way, Inside Edition actually went to Middletown, NY to visit our library. I wish I was there at the time 😅

@ms.krueger2660 Ай бұрын

I live in Alabama and a homeless woman sleeps in the bathroom in one of the libraries. I have seen her in a Walmart before on a bench and going through the trash. It’s so sad.😢 I told the library staff and they said she is harmless. Apparently they can’t keep her out.

@bradentheman1373 Ай бұрын

they’ve gotta live somewhere, their human too man

@gregorycyr9272 29 күн бұрын

Why don't you mine your own business?

@magnumopiss244 6 күн бұрын

@@bradentheman1373no they aren’t

@AuthorJanaeMarie 28 күн бұрын

I work for a library as a Library Assistant and the amount of drama that happens at the library is crazy. One would think that the library would be a quiet place. Usually 85% off the time it is. But there’s that small amount that can be a bit of a problem. I know the library showed in the video.

@Jollister Ай бұрын

this is insane

@thenotoriousgryyn342 Ай бұрын

All the homeless causing problems in there, they infest Las Vegas Libraries here.

@hidinginsight1879 29 күн бұрын

Was waiting at a public library for my daughter. She and her friends would walk there after school, which was just two buildings away. The security guard and I started chatting and she showed me a HUGE binder filled with photos of known pedophiles who lived in the area. She said every day she has to call police on at least five pedos trying to get close to kids there. She said of course they all know when school gets out. This is a small city, less than 100,000 people on an island most consider a tropical paradise with old-fashioned values. If that's happening here, it must be horrors on the Mainland.

@imdownonmyluck Ай бұрын

Used to work at the RVA main library and someone overdosed in one of the single stall bathrooms. It’s a hub for the homeless and drug addicts people used to try and hide or sleep there for the night. Most of the time if you’re nice to them they’re nice to you worse thing is the smell and bedbugs

@gregorycyr9272 29 күн бұрын

I lived in Richmond back in the 80s.I used to go to that library on Franklin Street.I moved to Raleigh NC in 1990.

@michaelsonsarmiento5943 26 күн бұрын

It’s a shame. Throughout history, a city’s most prized possession is always its library

@pipasmr2011 Ай бұрын

When she said a California city, it all made sense.

@tdog385 Ай бұрын

I havet been to my donetowen library in 9 years it's next to a homeless shelter and someone in the parking lot got killed.

@SL-lz9jr 24 күн бұрын

Next thing you know we're going to need security guards and TSA quality scanners to enter the library

@stuffedmannequin Ай бұрын

I work for a security firm, and one of our contracts is a public library in a city in Massachusetts. Lots of drugs, lots of weapons, lots of threatening people. Sad. Just a month ago there was a homeless guy who was clearly addicted on something causing problems, making people uncomfortable, and threatening people.

@sherice1730 Ай бұрын

How did I know it would be downtown San Diego. The whole city has growing pockets of shantytowns and downtown has been hit the worse.

@aidenquinn19975 Ай бұрын

Pretty happy our library is close to a police station

@JRAnimationStudios 24 күн бұрын

This is really sad… I remember when libraries were a safe place to come to and enjoy media of all kinds

@X0AleeX0 27 күн бұрын

I used to love going to the library as a kid. Sad this is happening, and kids today don’t get to enjoy it the same way in big cities.

@honestcomments8053 Ай бұрын

And our politicians tells us everything is great....economy is great...crime is great...nothing to worry about.

@kdawg7736 Ай бұрын

They will find out come November when they get voted out reality will hit them.

@jeremyhall2727 Ай бұрын

Yeah it's great for them 😂 they're behind a bloody gated community with armed guards

@skingerskanger Ай бұрын

Where's the TRUTH, though...hmmmmm?

@Hungabrigoo Ай бұрын

Your politicans actually find this to be a good thing because humiliation makes you more obedient.

@robertgrays8790 Ай бұрын

The San Diego library has homeless encampments right outside the front door, and is less than 5 blocks from a street-side tent city.

@KimsLantern 27 күн бұрын

I went to that exact library in SD a few years ago and was surprised at how many homeless people were inside. A dude was literally asleep right outside the bathroom on the floor.

@garffeels Ай бұрын

i’m scared that soon in america, there’ll be no places to go for fun anymore and it’ll all be online

@ScreamTatumRiley Ай бұрын

Never confront someone over a materialistic item wtf especially in dangerous places like CA

@SweetTea2 Ай бұрын

From South carolina here.. I go to the library just about every week to work and just to have a quiet place to study and yes it is full of crackheads Ann Street walkers the sheriff's department has somebody stay there all the time because of it

@MrMartellSincere 26 күн бұрын

That's very tragic to see even libraries aren't safe anymore 😢

@Hoovie9596 Ай бұрын

If you want to learn about drugs, visit your local library. There’s probably a guy behind the library who sells drugs.

@odalisgonzalez6875 Ай бұрын

I never wouldn't thought libraries would be this way..unreal

@kryptism Ай бұрын

The library in Downtown Orlando has been crime infested with homeless people since the mid 90s! Got worse in the 2010s and 2020s!😮

@isabellelabbe6476 27 күн бұрын

I got attacked by someone in a Library while studying while in university a few years ago. On top of that there was a LOT of crime, drugs. Never went back and started studying at home only.

@_nimrod92 28 күн бұрын

The Long Beach, CA downtown public library has open drug markets inside of it. I know this because when I was trying to finish my midterm exam for school at the time I went and you had swathes of homeless openly buying drugs in front of me to the point where the fire department had to kick everyone out of the library. Hence one of the reasons I never have come back to it, its a shame.

@moose9410 Ай бұрын

Doesn't have to be dangerous if you carry and train with a firearm, legally. It is so sad watching all these people go about their lives with no way or even desire to protect themselves. I don't walk around paranoid, i enjoy going places, but I know that I am ready if the time ever comes.

@ladywolfwolf 29 күн бұрын

Roaches or maggots invade and ruin everything

@rezlogan4787 28 күн бұрын

Even 20 years ago my mom wouldn’t let me visit the county library unattended since it had become an encampment for homeless and drug users.

@aubreypassey6086 28 күн бұрын

I’m glad my library doesn’t have any of this and I feel bad for the ones that do. I’m also American and live in Utah

@liamwatson5125 Ай бұрын

I love librarians because they’re safe people.

@ANDIBO987 17 күн бұрын

"Its scary that our world has come to that" I can't talk for the rest of the world but here were I live in Europe you can hear crickets outside while inside. It's safe, clean and quite the opposite of scary. I am sorry for Americans and I don't say it in a petty way, I am.

@Stories_I_Tell_Ya 28 күн бұрын

What a damn shame. This library is absolutely stunning

@caitlinweiss8801 29 күн бұрын

My mom was a librarian and she's had some crazy stories to share. Only from recent years

@mastert5618 Ай бұрын

It's not the library. It's the neighborhood- fact.

@heckinbasedandinkpilledoct7459 Ай бұрын

Yeah, my library is safe and quiet

@juliethompson8685 Ай бұрын

It seems like there's nowhere to go anymore.

@stevengreen9536 28 күн бұрын

Can't even go to the library anymore. That is just a damn shame.

@uranne Ай бұрын

When I was young, many people in my country wanted to immigrate to the United States. Now, it just seems so chaotic and unsafe.

@SailorsGirl1957 Ай бұрын

WTAF? Aw, that poor cute kid 😥

@tessa7778 Ай бұрын

Ikr! He was beautiful! Those dimples! And he was just sticking up for his friend trying to get the belongings back. I feel so bad for his parents

@luvlacali 27 күн бұрын

Downtown Long Beach library is also surrounded by homelessness and irate behavior.

@wander570 Ай бұрын

Sick world we live in. Libraries and schools do not have enough security. The library I go to has only 1 security guard and lots of homeless people loitering outside.