A prominent San Francisco cathedral promised to remove a sprinkler system it had used to douse homeless people sleeping in its doorways after public outcry.
The sprinkler system was designed to periodically rain down water throughout each night, which warded away homeless people who regularly slept under the building's sheltered alcoves
St. Mary's Cathedral said in a statement that it installed the mechanism about two years ago because "needles, feces and other dangerous items" were being found in the doorways. The church conceded that the method was "ill-conceived." Read more...
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