Although this traumatic encounter occurred last January now seems the perfect time to share this story. With all the nonsense going on around the Flathead Warming Center revealing more truths is important for the safety of our citizens. A local Flathead County resident stopped to allow a homeless man to cross the street. Below are the resident’s words as to exactly what transpired on that frightening day. This type of thing is not uncommon in Flathead County now and especially since the Flathead Warmer Center opened their doors. We know that the Center absolutely attracts outsiders to our county and we also know for a fact that many from the Warming Center travel daily to this portion of town (close to the library) on the East Side.
Here is her first hand account and exact words,
Note: Although this traumatic event happened in the downtown Kalispell area, crime and homelessness has sky rocketed since the Center opened its doors-also several ‘guests’ who stay at the center move to the area by the library during the day.
The shook up driver shared more details,
“I needed them to know the guy was ‘unhinged’.
(M1N comments) “Just how many unhinged people is it going to take before citizens become severely wounded or raped or killed? We just recently have reports of the homeless choking people.”
She continued,
Exhausted and exasperated she summed it up with, “I have a solution; ship them to LA problem solved.”
Continue to check back with Montana 1st News as we will be sharing up-to-date pertinent information on the homeless situation in Flathead County.