I tink it it is... and so does the media.. and the neighours it was happening to...
As far as the media......they put it out there and if people are react they'll keep pumping it up till people move on to the next headline.
She committed crimes and she should be fired and prosecuted, but other than being an annoyance at this point no one has suffered any physical injury. Compare it to cutting down The Sycamore Tree, for instance, or a hit and run car accident, both far worse. Or the following:
I find this story appalling on many levels. NYT 12/21/24 -
"A homeless woman said that she was going into labor in Louisville, Ky., when a police officer gave her a citation under a law that bans unauthorized public camping, according to her lawyer and body-camera footage released on Thursday."
"“I think if I had just totally ignored the fact that she’s violating unlawful camping statutes and she was claiming to have a medical emergency, then I think it would set the precedent, or at least reinforce with her, that saying you have a medical emergency is a ticket to get out of whatever it is that you’re doing that’s in violation of the law,” Lieutenant Stewart said."