Occupy Christchurch in New Zealand: Crime, sexual assaults, drugs

Employees at a hospital in Christchurch, New Zealand have been advised not to walk through the Occupy site in a park adjacent to the health care center.

From The Press:

Some people from the Occupy site had been going to the hospital to use toilets and showers, leaving an "absolute mess," [emergency planning manager Adam] Creed said.

A hospital staff member, who did not want to be identified, said the hospital had told staff not to walk through the park at night because of increased crime, including sexual assaults.

Many of her colleagues thought it was disgraceful they now needed escorts to walk through the park.

"We have to cower and worry that our car will be still intact when we finish work, or worse that we will not make it safely to our car," she said.

The Press also reports that the Occupy camp has been called "a venue for drug use." One mother complained to the paper that the occupiers turned her 17 year-old son on to drugs. Before Occupy, "He was an absolutely awesome child; no problems, a church boy," she said.

Yep, just like the Tea Party.

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