'Offensive' Chicago posters compare homeless to rats
Published in Weird News
CHICAGO (UPI) -- Chicago officials said crews have been ordered to take down "offensive" signs likening homeless people to rats with a play on the city's anti-rat posters.
The signs, spotted in the Bucktown neighborhood and elsewhere on the North Side, are created in the style of the city's "Target, but instead read, "Target: Bums."
Chicago's Department of Streets & Sanitation said crews have been ordered to take down the "offensive" signs whenever they spot one and 32nd district Alderman Scott Waguespack said his staff is also on the lookout for the signs.
The posters describe homeless people as "indigent vermin" and offer advice on how to deal with them.
The posters suggest:
"Keep all handouts securely in pockets, billfold or purse
Bums can cause guilt -- avoid eye contact
Properly dispose of all cardboard boxes
Return shopping carts to their point of origin
Don't give Bums a free meal"
The origin of the posters was unknown Thursday. Waguespack said the culprits behind the signs could face steep fines from the city.
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