The bill which goes into effect in July, allows #privateproperty owners to #shoot first and questions later if they believe that a trespasser or homeless person is going to commit a #felony or is attempting to “deposses” them.
The set of #toughoncrime laws also #criminalizes being homeless.
There have been efforts to #criminalise people who live on the streets in the #UnitedStates.
Supreme Court judges are due to rule on whether a law that essentially makes being #homeless a crime, is #constitutional.
The ruling could affect the lives of more than half a million people.
Al Jazeera’s Rob Reynolds reports from #LosAngeles.
According to activists and residents, nine of New Delhi's #homelessShelters as well as several slum clusters housing thousands of families in the heart of the city, were razed as part of a #beautification strategy ahead of the high-profile #G20 leaders summit coming up on Saturday and Sunday.