This could all be true, and it's ugly if it is, but GOOG is so big that I wouldn't be surprised if their left hand doesn't know what their right hand is doing. In SF, they have donated millions to homeless relief efforts [1], and in San Jose they've donated hundreds of Nexus 5s with service to homeless folks [2].<p>1: <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/11/google-homelessness-idUSL1N0TV2OL20141211" rel="nofollow">http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/11/google-homelessnes...</a>
2: <a href="http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/mobile4all-scheme-nexus-5-homeless-news/" rel="nofollow">http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/mobile4all-scheme-nexus-...</a>
A lot of accusations in this article, which presents a very one-sided take on the issue. The author knew what they wanted to say and found information and anecdotes to support it.<p>Not saying that's wrong, but I think Google should have been engaged more deeply for this piece and had their side of the story represented (I'd be interested to hear what they have to say about some of these allegations). Talking to security guards (likely contractors) and expecting them to say or do anything other than their job is unreasonable. And basically accosting Google reps with all of this "evidence" and expecting them to sit down to a conversation that already had a guaranteed outcome is equally so. As it is, I'm not convinced Google is doing anything illegal here.
Against some of the homeless. On one block near their new installation. Article tries (and fails) to make it seem like Google is systematically pitted against every homeless person in LA.
These are socially-acceptable hate crimes, however, in California, a hate crime is an upgradable felony.<p>Given that the police in LA are complicit in similar egregious, systematic abuse of homeless people on a daily basis, involving the feds is a wise option, given that Lynch is now in charge of DoJ.