Not only do the Lebanese police not take these young beggars off the streets, but they actually harass them.
I conducted two separate interviews with child beggar, a 9 year-old boy who sells flowers on the street of Bliss and an 11 year-old girl who begs on Hamra. Both children complained from police harassment and/or brutality.
While the girl complained from the day she had to run from a policeman who called her very offensive names as he chased her out of Hamra, the boy complained from more than one incident where he was physically bullied.
He never really hurt him, he stated, but they would fancy picking on him and shoving him around.
These two represent the struggles of many people who will never see a helping hand as long as they are regarded a little less inferior than human beings.
I conducted two separate interviews with child beggar, a 9 year-old boy who sells flowers on the street of Bliss and an 11 year-old girl who begs on Hamra. Both children complained from police harassment and/or brutality.
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While the girl complained from the day she had to run from a policeman who called her very offensive names as he chased her out of Hamra, the boy complained from more than one incident where he was physically bullied.
He never really hurt him, he stated, but they would fancy picking on him and shoving him around.
These two represent the struggles of many people who will never see a helping hand as long as they are regarded a little less inferior than human beings.
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