Armed U.S. marshals evicted 71-year-old Bennie Coleman from his home. Movers carted out his easy chair, his clothes, his television. Next came the things that were closest to his heart: his Marine Corps medals and photographs of his dead wife, Martha. The duplex in Northeast Washington that Coleman bought with cash two decades earlier was emptied and shuttered. By sundown, he had nowhere to go.
All because he didn’t pay a $134 property tax bill.
This must not stand! This gentleman served his country in the US Marine Corps. He is 71 years old with dementia. Our inadequate Medicare and VA medical system doesn't pay for anyone to assist as a sitter and household helper for our elderly, so we have another homeless Vet to add to the hundreds of thousands out there already. Nice Job, DC.