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pianotuna
Nomad III
May 23, 2022

camping on TN public lands illegal and a felony???

Hi All, Bad news. https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/mid-south/tennessee-becomes-1st-state-to-make-public-camping-a-felony/?fbclid=IwAR0Ou9mU0QxZnRG7_A7xCYYXRMnY3oiz53qo7IQKGMOQc5WD44mLXLwN0T...
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bikendan
Explorer
May 24, 2022
JRscooby wrote:
jdc1 wrote:
johnhicks wrote:
The intent is to prevent the homeless from camping in non-CG parks and rights-of-way by criminalizing them.


They might as well just say "Being homeless in Tennessee is a felony".


Yes, let's make it illegal to be poor.
This is not the only policy in that state, that if commonly known would cause most to avoid the state.


IMHO, it would be the reverse. As a California refugee and now a Washington State refugee, I look forward to visiting Tennessee.

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