San Jose Police Beat Homeless Man

San Jose police beat homeless man as mayor pushes arrests
Less than a week after Mayor Matt Mahan announced a bold push to arrest homeless people who refuse help, disturbing videos show San Jose police officers beating and verbally taunting an elderly homeless man —  leading to a complaint from the local NAACP chapter.
San Jose mayor proposes criminalizing homeless refusal of shelter, aims to order treatment
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan proposed making it a crime to refuse shelter three times within 18 months, with the goal of using the court system to push service-resistant homeless individuals into care. “Homelessness can’t be a choice,
San Jose police altercation with homeless man captured on video, under review
A homeless man is in custody for indecent exposure and allegedly biting officers. Part of the altercation is captured on video. Advocates say police went too far. Now the incident is under investigation.
San Jose mayor’s budget plan targets homelessness
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan has long said he wants elected officials and city leaders to be accountable for eliminating homelessness and improving public safety. That's the centerpiece of his latest 2025-26 budget message.
San Jose Mayor Takes Dual Approach to Unsheltered Homeless Population
In a commentary published in The Mercury News, Mayor Matt Mahan describes a shelter and law enforcement approach to ending targeted homeless encampments within Northern California's largest city.
San Jose Police under investigation after arrest of homeless man, complaints filed
The incident happened as the city is rolling out its latest plans to keep people from living on the streets.
Advocates blame San Jose’s homelessness approach for violent police altercation with unhoused man
Homeless advocates have called on San Jose to readjust its approach to homelessness, saying its aggressiveness has to more hostile rhetoric against the unhoused and was to blame for a recent
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