During a city council meeting in Lancaster, Mayor R. Rex Parris faced backlash for his shocking remarks about the city's homeless population. He suggested that the solution to the homeless crisis would be to give them unlimited access to fentanyl, reinforcing his comments with a call for a federal "purge". Parris defended his statements, claiming he referred specifically to homeless criminals, attributing a significant portion of crime in the area to this group. Despite criticism, he showed no remorse, asserting he believed his comments wouldn't be taken literally and emphasizing the ineffectiveness of current aids.
"What I want to do is give them free fentanyl. I mean, that's what I want to do. I want to give them all the fentanyl they want."
"They are responsible for most of our robberies, most of our rapes, and at least half of our murders."
"There's nothing that we can do for these people."
"I made it very clear I was talking about the criminal element that were let out of the prisons that have now become 40 to 45% of what's referred to as the homeless population."
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