Houseless People In Los Angeles Are Using Mobile Memorials To Humanize And Grieve The Deaths Of Their Community Members [buzzfeednews.com]

Ingrid Cockhren 4/20/222:00 PM

By isabellazavarise, Photo: Randy Vazquez/BuzzFeed News, BuzzFeed News, April 16, 2022

Theo Henderson was in a hurry. He was walking through Little Tokyo in Los Angeles and recognized a fellow person experiencing homelessness whom he knew, but in his haste, he didn’t say hi. The next day, Henderson watched the man’s body be zipped into a bag.

But it wasn’t the death that most disturbed Henderson; it was the reaction from people who continued to go about their day, ignoring what was happening right in front of them.

“They just walked on like it was every day as usual,” he said. “It made me realize how disconnected the housed community is.”

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