Devon once lived on a yacht, but is now homeless on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

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  • Опубликовано: 20 дек 2024

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  • @groovass65
    @groovass65 26 дней назад +34

    Damn it. People doing muggings and causing such long lasting life destroying damage to someones brain is just absolutely vile. I feel so sorry for this young man. Hope he finds his way to a better life.

    • @Fruitieturtle
      @Fruitieturtle 22 дня назад

      He had a better life and threw it away. He had housing he had everything some people make their own beds 🤷🏿‍♀️

  • @femkevandelft177
    @femkevandelft177 21 день назад +5

    Devon is so right about what he needs first. I went to a housing rights protest at 33rd and Main yesterday because Canada is one of the few countries that does not have a national housing policy to protect Devon's right to secure housing. Thank you for this gentle interview.

  • @theresamatheson2330
    @theresamatheson2330 26 дней назад +14

    Breaks ny heart i know so many lost souls like devon. Sending him love

  • @rogueishrogue6015
    @rogueishrogue6015 26 дней назад +11

    This is incredibly tragic. I hope Devon can get better and circumstances improve for him. God Bless him.

  • @RachelleBenincasa-u9h
    @RachelleBenincasa-u9h 26 дней назад +21

    God bless you Devon

  • @mermaidripples9302
    @mermaidripples9302 23 дня назад +7

    You’d think we would have something like victim services for people injured through violent crimes.
    This Government makes me sick. No addiction services except, here’s MORE of the crap you’re addicted to.
    Recovery plan needed

    • @Fruitieturtle
      @Fruitieturtle 22 дня назад +1

      He had housing and a plan and left it all himself

    • @jenniferfrances8793
      @jenniferfrances8793 18 дней назад

      If you come illegally and are non white you get at least $6500 a month

  • @PhatNatCat
    @PhatNatCat 25 дней назад +12

    Devon is definitely one of God's Chosen ones. I can feel his bright light shining thru. ❤❤ Can't keep a good man down 💪

    • @voicesofthedowntowneastside
      @voicesofthedowntowneastside  24 дня назад +1

      Yes, he does seem to have a kind heart and a gentle spirit. Thanks for your thoughtful comment 🩷

    • @StephenRoss-po1rp
      @StephenRoss-po1rp 23 дня назад

      Dumbest comment ever your God sounds like an asshole

    • @Fruitieturtle
      @Fruitieturtle 22 дня назад

      He's my abuser and a pedophile please stop

    • @Fruitieturtle
      @Fruitieturtle 22 дня назад

      This is my abuser. He is a pedophile and not a good man it's sad to see we don't do research before we platform people. His first name is cody his middle name is Devon

  • @Ursaminor31
    @Ursaminor31 18 дней назад +1

    I see you dear one, and I see you healed and vital and sharing in joy again. I believe this for you. Blessing sir

  • @stainz5714
    @stainz5714 24 дня назад +17

    I moved to Vancouver in 1991 from Ontario in my early twenties
    At that time it was a magical spot .. .so pretty and the people were so layed back and kind....the bar scene had awesome music and downtown was safe and fun...
    I went back to ontario in 1998 because the cost of living was getting to high...
    Went back for a visit in 2012 I couldn't believe how much it changed
    Not the same Vancouver I left in 1998
    Vancouver died a long time ago and never coming back
    Run . ..run...run from today's Vancouver

    • @drakedanys3462
      @drakedanys3462 23 дня назад +3

      ya, its Gotten really Bad over the past 10 years...

    • @KmvS86
      @KmvS86 23 дня назад +3

      Like Toronto well the GTA as a whole. Especially Brampton. Immigration policies and international students destroyed it

    • @SherriFlemming
      @SherriFlemming 22 дня назад

      Vancouver - the lower mainland has deteriorated. Poverty and crime escalates. BC is a woke province.
      It's always been a drug - crime haven.

    • @leemackay888
      @leemackay888 22 дня назад

      @@stainz5714 should see it now .. I lived in van in the early 90s also, today it's brutal, total shitshow with crime and addiction , homelessness etc

    • @wendimacaulay7993
      @wendimacaulay7993 22 дня назад

      I've watched Vancouver turn into a shithole, and am ready to leave. Problem is, everywhere is becoming the same way

  • @Canuck-sv8dh
    @Canuck-sv8dh 24 дня назад +9

    The government stole his boat and auctioned it off.

  • @IslandLife-if5zy
    @IslandLife-if5zy 25 дней назад +8

    Hug your kids, they them you love them no matter what the've done.

  • @juliaskagfjord6207
    @juliaskagfjord6207 17 дней назад +1

    You can not tell to look at many people the extent of a head injury....so we have no way of knowing if or when he had these injuries. His speech seems a struggle, so it could be highly possible he has all the medical issues he claims to have. Our most vulnerable deserve protection and access to resources. This man deserves better

  • @teresawilson3893
    @teresawilson3893 24 дня назад +9

    It’s sad what’s happened to Vancouver the drugs are horrible there now it wasn’t like that in the 90s

    • @leemackay888
      @leemackay888 24 дня назад +1

      Ya it was ,just less blocks covered , we had an opiate crisis in the 90s in Vancouver as well with pure heroin being put in the street .

    • @momsterzz
      @momsterzz 24 дня назад

      And the government thinks it’s a great idea to hand out hardcore drugs for free ffs!

    • @SherriFlemming
      @SherriFlemming 22 дня назад +1

      Vancouver - the lower mainland has deteriorated. Poverty and crime escalates. BC is a woke province. A booming population.
      It has always been a drug haven. Port City, decriminalized drugs and close to the US border.
      A very overwhelmed health care and legal system .

    • @SherriFlemming
      @SherriFlemming 22 дня назад

      ​@@leemackay888 Indeed. The China White crisis is a small scale compared to the population now.

    • @Screamingforvengeancee
      @Screamingforvengeancee 22 дня назад

      @@SherriFlemming I want to like this comment 100 times

  • @denisevoght248
    @denisevoght248 26 дней назад +13

    Check out Into Action Devon. They’re very supportive.
    Prayers for your safety

  • @Mulder-Scully
    @Mulder-Scully 25 дней назад +16

    Not enough support for people like Devon, come on Trudeau smarten up and stop worrying about you're Taylor Swift concert and look at the state you're country is in...........Sigh

    • @Triple_T_
      @Triple_T_ 23 дня назад +1

      I agree

    • @JT-oe3hs
      @JT-oe3hs 23 дня назад

      Its true but its bit just trudeau. Canada as a whole is corrupt and failing and has been for a long tine

    • @lucki1313
      @lucki1313 21 день назад +1

      👏👏👏

  • @swiralgod
    @swiralgod 24 дня назад +3

    Sad to see. I was injured from a coworker who wasn't operating his vehicle correctly and I ended up with my head caved in as well.

  • @VancouverCatDogLover
    @VancouverCatDogLover 23 дня назад +1

    I hope Devon finds his way. He could get into a recovery house which is governemtneny funded. They are super super easy to get into right away.

  • @westKootenayTradingPost
    @westKootenayTradingPost 24 дня назад +3

    wow i saw this happen to peter de groot in the kootenays .......locals /150cops came in to murder him hope devon gets well very sad

  • @Ursaminor31
    @Ursaminor31 18 дней назад

    Welcome to Canada, where no one e does anything anymore. Blessings to all, and may everyone receive the personal care and support they deserve, instead of having our wealth stolen to fund wars while our own suffer

  • @machinesnmetal
    @machinesnmetal 22 дня назад +1

    Is that the tim hortons that was in the news for removing all the seating?

  • @bobbyjones7584
    @bobbyjones7584 23 дня назад

    Devon, I hope to see you around one day. Keep your head up partner.

    • @Fruitieturtle
      @Fruitieturtle 22 дня назад

      If you do make sure you don't have children with you

  • @drakedanys9428
    @drakedanys9428 23 дня назад +1

    This is Really Sad...

  • @Andthatsmyopinion50
    @Andthatsmyopinion50 22 дня назад +1

    Devon, I pray you find your way back to your dad. May Creator watch over you and guide you down the right path. 🙏🏼❤️

  • @Ursaminor31
    @Ursaminor31 18 дней назад

    Every politician is guilty

  • @tinaisbister7480
    @tinaisbister7480 25 дней назад +6

    Where are? His family members to advocate for him. And get him the help that is needed or is our government that freaking ridiculous. Knowing them, they will stick him in a drug infested environment where they’re allowed to smoke crack and do whatever the crap they want not a safe place for him or anyone. We need safe, healthy living buildings for people like Devon drug-free not the shenanigans that’s going on now. This makes me extremely angry. Someone like him should be a priority housed, fed, and looked after or does he not want the support that he needs is he protesting, etc.

    • @ArohaStill
      @ArohaStill 25 дней назад +3

      You're making a lot of assumptions like we have no idea where his family is and a lot of people who are marginalized tend not to ask for help because they feel shame or they come from families that have led them down the path of addiction due to how their brains developed so that isn't even a safe option for a lot of people and absolutely he should be a priority for the government but there are literally families who are homeless sleeping in dangerous encampments under Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark's liberals and under so many federal liberal and conservative governments like there was no housing built for so many years like it's absolutely ridiculous because we need to get these vulnerable people treated medically and then they need a place to stay while the rehabilitate and reintegrate into society

    • @marneeklintworth9300
      @marneeklintworth9300 25 дней назад +1

      Some people don't have family to rely on and some relationships breakdown and have ended their communications.

    • @tinaisbister7480
      @tinaisbister7480 25 дней назад

      @ no assumptions just reality. As if you know everything.

    • @momsterzz
      @momsterzz 24 дня назад

      Nanaimo

    • @Fruitieturtle
      @Fruitieturtle 22 дня назад

      He did have all of that and he left it the government was looking after him he's a pathology liar and a pedophile

  • @stainz5714
    @stainz5714 22 дня назад

    It's really unfortunate....back in the 90's I couldn't get over how relaxed and friendly the people in the Vancouver area were compared to ontario....I think this is Canada wide problem now....the doctors and government started this opioid problem....

  • @tonye4176
    @tonye4176 17 дней назад

    Professional victim
    This story is all bull

  • @jigglejaggle4732
    @jigglejaggle4732 25 дней назад

    if i was one of these guys i'd definitely construct false stories about my past, because false stories are all i would have 🙂

    • @Fruitieturtle
      @Fruitieturtle 22 дня назад

      These are very false he's a pedophile and a pathology liar. I know because I'm one of his victims

  • @THEREDROOMDIARIES
    @THEREDROOMDIARIES 26 дней назад +6

    can you contact me