Word: homelessness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Pasquarello said the area homeless have no reason to beg because plenty of shelters in the area provide free food...
...Homeless people in the Square have long complained of rough treatment by area police and entrepreneurs. Au Bon Pain, the sandwich shop in Holyoke Center, has in recent years worked out an accommodation with the area homeless, who often use its outdoor tables and chairs. But Au Bon Pain's efforts are unique...
Shapiro said other Boston-area municipalities do not enforce the vagrancy law as strictly as Cambridge does. He criticized the city police for reacting to large numbers of homeless people with force, rather than sensitivity...
...Cambridge Police Det. Frank Pasquarello said city officers often must use force because panhandlers have grown more aggressive in recent years. He said the high incidence of drug and alcohol abuse among the city's homeless make them a public menace...
...detective said that the civil liberties union has distorted charges of police harassment of the homeless and that a victory for the plaintiffs would compromise public safety...