An Alabama City Says a Mississippi City Is Dumping Homeless People; Mississippi City Denies Misdeeds
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The largest city in coastal Alabama claims police from a nearby Mississippi city are dropping off homeless people, sometimes af...
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The largest city in coastal Alabama claims police from a nearby Mississippi city are dropping off homeless people, sometimes after coercing them to go. But Biloxi Mayor Andrew 'FoFo' Gilich denies any wrongdoing, saying Biloxi is working with homeless shelters in Mobile, that no one has been taken against their will and that fewer than 20 people have been transported. A Thursday letter from James Barber, chief of staff to Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson, suggests that Biloxi police are violating the civil rights of homeless people by saying they are breaking the Mississippi city's laws but then suggesting police can take them to Mobile.