UPDATE: A video has been viewed over a million times in the last 24 hours, causing massive outrage that appears to show Kalamazoo church members treating a person in need badly.
Times are tough, and have been for a while. This economy has made it difficult for many people to provide the basics to their families. Add a government shutdown and SNAP benefits coming to a stop, which has led to food banks getting completely overwhelmed, and we’ve entered a very dark time.
Several videos are floating around Facebook, TikTok, IG, and YouTube showing a homeless Kalamazoo woman asking the Second Reformed Church on Stadium Drive in Kalamazoo for help. Instead of getting help, she is told that they will call the police if she doesn’t leave. This is what the homeless woman said to the two women as they demanded that the homeless woman leave.
“Just want to park my car and sleep. I’m not bothering anybody by being here. I don’t cause any trouble. All I do is park my car here and sleep. That’s it. I don’t know where else to go. ”
The incident happened, and the original video was posted in September 2024. It was reposted this week and went viral in light of the current situation with the government shutdown and loss of SNAP benefits around the country…