Latest MacArthur Park bust reveals homeless nonprofit failure

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Latest MacArthur Park bust reveals homeless nonprofit failure

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How are LA’s homeless to escape addiction and poverty if the nonprofit organizations that are supposed to help them are mired in drugs themselves?

That’s the urgent question after a bust Thursday that saw Christopher Johnson of People Assisting the Homeless (PATH) arrested for alleged possession of fentanyl and meth near MacArthur Park.

The park has become synonymous with homelessness, crime, and open-air drug use in recent years.

Federal law enforcement, led by First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli, has targeted the drug dealers and gangsters who sustain the drug trade near the park. The LAPD and other law enforcement agencies, at........

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