Opinion: Denver’s Platte River: An unofficial toilet

It’s important for people to understand that there is a very obvious reason the Platte River contains extremely high levels of human waste. Restrooms have been removed up and down the river, leaving unhoused people with nowhere else to go. It’s not like people experiencing homelessness relieve themselves in the river for fun or the chance to get arrested.

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