Big Sue

The context of Big Sue’s death is that it comes as the City of Fresno has destroyed all of the homeless encampments in the downtown area, so many homeless people like her, have no choice but to sleep on the sidewalk. The temperature in Fresno on the morning Big Sue died was 30 degrees. Many other homeless people have caught pneumonia since the destruction of their shelters. Indymedia is attempting to find out how many more homeless people have died in the aftermath of the city’s most recent attack against them. It is worth noting that the City of Fresno, unlike in previous years, did not set up warming centers for the homeless this year. The warming centers, if they were available, might have saved Big Sue’s life.

We are waiting to hear the cause of death, but sleeping on the sidewalk in the freezing cold could not have helped Big Sue. To see The Fresno Bee story about her death, go to: http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/01/03/2669581/homeless-advocate-in-fresno-dies.html#storylink=misearch . For information about the City of Fresno’s ongoing attacks on the homeless, see: http://fresnoalliance.com/wordpress/?p=1313