Police spokesperson Sgt. Mark Hayward said officers make an effort of ticketing abusive panhandlers, but the courts usually toss out the charges.
Corporal punishment?
The homeless are unable to pay tickets for aggressive and violent behavior.
A man panhandles outside of an Edmonton bank last June.
A panhandler who wouldn't identify himself
Councillor Michael Thompson, personally attacked by a panhandler outside Toronto's city hall, said Toronto needs special laws targeting aggressive behaviour.
We are not living in a Depression. People who give them money are as much a part of the problem because they are encouraging these people to continue begging.
Carol Bridgett wrote on August 13, 2007 at 9:19:28 PM
I will never understand young, healthy people begging for handouts, while standing next to a sign that says "NOW HIRING."
Some Torontonians say the stabbing death of a man shouldn't reflect badly on panhandlers who aren't aggressive, while others want to bring in a bylaw banning panhandling altogether.
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Half-a-dozen strokes of the cane applied to the bare backside would stop them!
And IF they DO come back for more -- double the sentences.
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