31 Quotes by Michael Stoops

What happened in Holly Hill and what happened in Fort Lauderdale will happen again. It's just a matter of when and where.

What happened in Fort Lauderdale will no doubt happen again. It might not be caught on videotape the next time, but I can assure you it will happen again.

The videotape is our dream come true. It's putting a face to the issue. What happened in Fort Lauderdale will happen again in other parts of the country, and we know that it will happen again.

Rather than arresting and jailing homeless people for violation, let's find out why they're homeless in the first place. There's a lack of day shelters, and affordable housing.

People think that homeless people are not human beings and that it's OK to hurt them and, most importantly, they think they can get away with it.

That's like a form of social Darwinism, if you cut off food to force people to get help, and it really doesn't work that way.

This is not comprehensive; this would not be an accurate portrayal.

They (Sarasota) could have been taken off the mean list if they would have just done away with that ordinance. They continue to push and push and push, and push homeless people out of the city.

They do this because they think they can, that they can get away with beating a homeless person and nobody will care, and the homeless won't be able to fight back.