The Atlanta Objective: Free ID is a Myth
It should be easy to get everyone ID in Georgia. It's not. That's not an accident.
The half-life of a legal ID for people experiencing homelessness is about three months.
People steal them, because people steal anything on the street. It’s stuff in a knapsack to rip off in the middle of the night. Someone might lose it after cops raid an encampment. Losing it just adds bureaucratic hell to the regular kind.
Fun fact: if you find someone…
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