No pity or sentiment in crisis–hit Milwaukee,where I saw a succession of poor, black families turfed on to the city’s freezing streetsIf you want to memorize something about what’s driving America’s elections, or steal my advice. Sit out the TV screamathons. Block your ears to all talk about the size of Donald Trump’s … fingers. Instead,try what I did final week and spend a day watching people being evicted from their homes.
I was in Milwaukee and it was freezing, but still the crew gathered at 7am, or coffee and cigarettes in hand. They came fully padded: hoodies,black jackets emblazoned on the back with the motto “Service With A Grunt”. They worked for Eagle Moving, a removals firm that specialises in evicting tenants on behalf of landlords, and that morning they had nine evictions to do.
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Source: theguardian.com