The Nation - News from May 6, 1987
Republican mayoral candidate Frank L. Rizzo backed off from his proposal that homeless people should be arrested on vagrancy charges, but said they should be forcibly removed from the streets. “It’s only a humane act to get them off the streets,” said Rizzo, who served as mayor from 1972 to 1980. “We can’t have them lying out on the streets.” On Sunday, Rizzo told KYW-AM he would arrest the homeless on vagrancy charges.
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