America’s poverty problem looks like six kids in a storage unit | Opinion

Milwaukee has a poverty problem that usually doesn’t trigger outrage until something shocking happens – which happened on Sept. 16 when police discovered six children, ages 2 months to 9 years, locked inside a storage unit on the city’s north side.

The only toilet available was a red bucket, and the unit lacked electricity and running water. Their parents, Charles Dupriest, 33, and Azyia Zielinski, 26, were found sleeping in a car in the storage unit’s parking lot with the family dog.

Both have been charged with six counts of child neglect, four of which are felonies because they involve children under the age of 6…

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