A mayor of southern California is under fire for wanting to eliminate the population of homeless people from his city giving the theme “All the fentanyl they want”, a shocking comment that reinforced when asking for a federal “purge”.
The mayor of Lancaster, R. Rex Parris, shared his controversial duration at a meeting of the City Council of February 25 when a resident touch with the city’s attempt to address the crisis of homeless people “enclosing” the discourages in an abandoned golf course near a residential neighborhood.
“What I want to do is give them free fentanil,” Parris said as he interrupted the women’s comments, In accordance with the images of the meeting.
“I mean, that’s what I want to do. I want to give you all the fentanyl they want.”
Resident Elacado told the Republican that his statement “was not a child.”
But Parris, who has been mayor since 2008, has no “regret” for wanting to give the homeless people the highly addictive opioid already lethal, COUNT FOX LA In an interview on Friday that referred to criminals that “refuse” to be helped.
“I made it very clear that I was talking about the criminal element that was allowed to leave prisons that have now become 40 to 45% of what refers to the homeless population,” Parris told The Outlet.
“They are responsible for most of our robberies, most of our violations and at least half of our murders,” he added, without offering evidence or data to support their claims. “There is nothing we can do for these people.”
Parris added that he did not believe that no one would take his comments “literally”, explaining that the fentanil is “so easy” to climb the streets that he would not have made a difference if the city cools it for free.
Lancaster boasted for providing more “innovative” solutions to the homeless population than any other United States city before asking for a federal “purge”.
“Frankly, I would like the president to give us a purge.
“Now, is it hard? Of course, it is hard. But it is my obligation as mayor of the city of Lancaster to protect the hardware families that live there, and I can not do it anymore … it is an anbenable situation and I. I want to live a solution
Parris, who Headlines in 2018 for wanting to prohibit ties From the workplace, it has become the target of a retirement campaign, with political opponents outraged by their comments.
Johnathon Ervin, a Democrat who lost to Parris in the elections of mayor of the city last year, said his former opponent is not suitable for occupying a public office.
“Anyone who is willing to give home to all the fentanil they want, or suggest that President Trump should allow a purge of the homeless population, does not have business in public positions,” said Ervin, said Los Angeles Times reported.
The online Recovery request It has only received 6% of the 20,000 desired signatures, starting on Sunday night.
The term of the mayor in conflict expires in April 2028.
Parris did not immediately respond to the request for post comments.
