MAP011 Panhandling Citations
In the first half of 2006, police have issued 303 citations for panhandling, nearly the same number as all of last year. Ricky Garcia, 44, talks with a passing motorist at Lincoln and 6th Ave. that ended up giving him $20 for his sign Tuesday July 25, 2006. Garcia said he has been in Denver on and off for six years and has never gotten citations until recently and said he has gotten seven citations in the last month, four of them for panhandling. Garcia is homeless and sleeps along the river and said he feels the citations are, "just a way to harass the homeless"..(MARC PISCOTTY/ © 2006)
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