I find myself re examining a matter upon which i was quite certain my mind was made up with no chance of equivocation.
Gutter punks new orleans fire.
On a trip last year one female muttered obscenities to passerbys like me but most folks like me completely ignored her.
But as a movement gutter punks are a solid if disorganized by definition piece of the punk subculture puzzle.
The action comes amidst widespread public debate on the growing new orleans homeless population and what some refer to as gutter punks transient homeless who consider it to be a lifestyle choice.
Panhandling in new orleans is tricky.
According to a statement from andy cunningham spokesperson for the new orleans police department this is not referred to internally as a sweep or roundup.
The travelers go by many names.
At issue here are the gutter punks that vast unbeloved subculture run roughshod over the french quarter.
Gutter punks dirty kids freight hoppers to some they re a frightfully aggressive nuisance one targeted by a recent new orleans police sweep fueled by.
For those unfamiliar with the term i ll defer to wikipedia to describe this millenial genre.
Some do it for the entirety of their lives which can and do end prematurely due to dangers intrinsic with the lifestyle.
Distinguish between legitimate homeless persons who are sincerely in search of shelter and or housing and gutter punks or travelers who are too often found plopped down with their pitbulls in front of storefronts and spare changing in commerical districts creating nuisance for everyone.
Nopd does whatever it likes to oogles dogs or no.
A group of gutter punks in new orleans louisiana in december 2019 a gutter punk is a homeless or transient individual who displays a variety of specific lifestyle traits and characteristics that often but not always are associated with the punk subculture.
As a casual observer of nopd i don t find this to be the case.
Roch dealt with the hassle of a dog by shooting it.
On lower decatur gutter punks are usually in abundance.
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Reporter tim estiloz visited new orleans in this 1997 story about a group of homeless youth dubbed by some in the city as gutterpunks.
In january the nopd major offense log noted unit 502a responding to a complaint about gutter punks along st.