Interview Three Homeless Vets, Veterans Skid Row Los Angeles 

Russell Britt Yes Sir

no more blood for israel.

I just noticed that too smh😒

Feel sorry for your country because these is a creation of your government

That was back then. US now is a corporation. For profit only

Don't judge people if you've never been in their shoes and don't know what their going through. It's hard enough to battle substance abuse but to add PTSD on top of that. I doubt he enjoys being homeless and not seeing his kids grow up. I'm disheartened by your comment. This lack of understanding is why there are not more programs and better programs to help homeless and anyone dealing with mental health problems.

it's a tough situation for him and others like him no doubt, but this particular guy said he had MediCal, so it actually would be very manageble for him to get into a rehab. so maybe he doesn't want to be strung out on drugs living on the streets, but he also clearly doesn't want to go through rehab. and your just making as big of an assumption as the comment you replied to. he's assuming the guy doesn't want to be clean, and your assuming he does and neither comment is based in anything.

i work down here and some just don't want help and its sad

@@patrickmorley4955 Amen!!!

Ty 4 being real & hving a heart.

Yes!! Heroin production and abuse of it is a HUMONGOUS, age-old issue in Afghanistan, Pakistan and neighbouring regions but nobody wants to address it.

You are both liars. The VA is not helping. 20 years as a disabled homeless veteran tells me much more than your dishonesty. Why are there so many victimless crimes, if you defended our right to the pursuit of happiness? How do we feel free while fearing a seat belt ticket, as a prelude to a search & police brutality? The day you die is better than the day you were born. (true for us all)

+msjessica Thanks for your interest. This video was shot about a month before I edited it and posted it on RU-vid. If you use any of it in your school project, please credit Jonathan Ortega who shot the piece and me (Beverly Baroff), who edited it. This piece is part of a longer project Jonathan is doing as part of his graduate studies at Woodbury University.

Thank you very much!

I DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR THEM WORTHLESS BUMS!!!! ITS THEIR DAMN FAULT THEY WANT TO BE LAZY, DO DRUGS AND NOT BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE!!!! LET THEM SUFFER!!!!

Well Said. Nice to see some intelligent comments. When you get sick and want help from a hospital, I hope they tell you to stop being lazy and piss off out of there bed. Cause every homeless fuck woke up after living a life of luxury and said "you know what, I'm gonna throw it all away, I think I will start smoking crack an see what its like to sleep on the pavement". I guess some people love the internet! They wouldn't be able to say this to there face - down on skiddy row :) Nice to see you can copy an paste, ya repetitive peace of shit.

We are a Los Angeles documentary production company and the interviews were shot in downtown Los Angeles by one of our former Grad students, Jonathan Ortega who also lives in Los Angeles. Not Oakland.

OK. But why the footage of a Baptist church from Oakland? [5:56]

never been to Oakland

The interview was shot on the corner of Hope and Washington. If there is footage that is not from the location then it is just stock footage but no big deal. The veterans that are interviewed are not being truthful. I am a veteran and I know that what they are saying is not true. I was on drugs and drinking a lot of alcohol living on Skid Row but when I decided to stop getting loaded the VA opened every opportunity for me to get off the street. There are no drug treatment programs for veterans on Skid Row, only temporary Transitional Living programs. The only veterans that get housed on Skid Row are veterans that do not want to address their substance abuse issues and just want a place to lay their head for a while. When the veteran decides to get his life together people would be amazed at how much the VA offers. The veterans interviewed are just low-lives want to blame other people for their bad choices in life

Do you have a source or link to back that up?

Tuff Bud You are so stupid. Don’t you think they tried that? Moron

I tried that two years ago and i am still homeless

Is all propaganda to get donations. The government wants them to stay poor and the shelters keep a revolving door that sweeps money every time it turns. In exchange politicians get donations. See how it really works?

The VA, 211 & LAHSA has not helped a bit. I have been disabled, & homeless, as a veteran, for 20+ years. Now what?

You can get a meal & a haircut at these stand downs, but any other help is just empty promises.

U hv no idea about real life & trauma. Pray u never r faced w PTSD.

Just another ignorant liar.

June 2020 & it is worse now than ever before. Covid-19 has taken away public bathrooms & any place to wash our hands. 20+ years as a homeless disabled veteran has taught me that their promises to help do not really mean much, they're just hoarding for themselves.

People join for benefits and a paycheck. Everybody fool. Nobody is attacking us

Don Cornell where's your respect. Don't matter if it's only 6 months homeless which u don't know is true. He's a homeless veteran

We don't know if he is a vet. Drugs alcohol are a problem. I don't care if he a vet . He needs help and he is a US citizen .but how can help them without helping them to get high. Give him a nice place and give him a job . It won't help him. He must come in on his own and we ask where might that be ...??? We have Americans with severe mental problems and we have not found an answer yet. PTSD is a problem ,but do think we have that many with PTSD or a growing drug problem . both are important.