San Francisco residents, hotels sue city over rampant crime, homelessness, open-air drug use

Several San Francisco residents filed a lawsuit Thursday over city officials’ failure to stop rampant crime, homelessness and outdoor drug use. Associated Press report. The owners of the Phoenix Hotel and Best Western Road Coach also joined the lawsuit against the city. The plaintiffs, who include five anonymous residents and a hotel manager, claim the […]
Undercover sting in Washington Square Park nabs 9 mushroom, cocaine pushers after Post report on brazen open-air drug market

On Wednesday, prosecutors arrested nine suspected drug dealers for allegedly selling psychedelic mushrooms and crack cocaine to NYPD officers in an undercover operation at a brazen open-air market in Washington Square Park. announced that it had been done. The suspects were arrested in various locations over the past six weeks and are suspected of making […]
Philadelphia City Council considers curfew on businesses in this open-air drug market

Warning: This story contains graphic images. With addiction and crime so rampant in the Philadelphia area, a new bill would impose a curfew on some stores in Kensington's open-air drug market. City Councilman Quesi Lozada introduced a bill Thursday that would require some businesses and restaurants in certain areas of the Kensington neighborhood, including the […]