Under the Bridge-An Interview with a Homeless Man in Edmonton

Meet Lawrence Brown. I met him while I was taking photos under a bridge on Jasper Ave, near 82 St. Lawrence asked me if I was with National Geographic (not quite), then offered to show me his tent. I made this because I wanted to not only raise awareness about homelessness in Edmonton, but put a face to it. Nothing that hasn't been done before, but this is my own contribution.

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  • @TheRicresch
    @TheRicresch3 жыл бұрын

    The comments are very depressing blaming this man. I hope he gets help and a warm place.

  • @prayunceasingly2029
    @prayunceasingly20297 жыл бұрын

    I saw cops arresting an old homeless man with a neck brace on for drinking beer on a park bench near the edmonton river valley. I know public drinking not in a pub or bar is illegal but it seemed like a waste, to put handcuffs on a quiet old man with a neck brace.

  • @thomasrozario
    @thomasrozario8 жыл бұрын

    Congrats on your contribution to raise awareness of the homeless in Edmonton. Is there any hope? Will things change? Its all about the cube, ceiling flooring and 2 side walls.

  • @AlainSaffel
    @AlainSaffel14 жыл бұрын

    Interesting video Jerry. Good job.

  • @justinkeeling2008
    @justinkeeling20089 жыл бұрын

    Come to think of it. I was living up in Clairview up on Manning Drive at the same time you took this video. Check out 'Hope for the homeless.' On KZread....shortly after I benefited from the Rapid Exit Program offered by the Hope Mission. You should tell others about this program offered through Homeward Trust in Edmonton. They put me in a beautiful place of my own that year in the spring.

  • @leescott2069
    @leescott20694 жыл бұрын

    Sleep with one eye open and ears up! Because the hunter becomes the hunted at night in these woods

  • @chelcdz8043

    @chelcdz8043

    4 жыл бұрын

    Creepy thing to say but ok

  • @alldayubum
    @alldayubum14 жыл бұрын

    poor guy

  • @ramrao9328
    @ramrao93285 жыл бұрын

    HE HAS A NICE SMILE!!!!!

  • @justinkeeling2008
    @justinkeeling20089 жыл бұрын

    I remember finding everything I needed out there in the garbage, my tent, my clothes my blankets my food and my empties! Survival to the max! Summertime you defeat the mosquitoes and winter, the cold.

  • @JerryAulenbach

    @JerryAulenbach

    9 жыл бұрын

    Anyone who can survive a single night homeless during an Edmonton winter is a tough individual. You're a survivor, Justin.

  • @justinkeeling2008

    @justinkeeling2008

    9 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I know....it was rough, but I managed it....I can relate to this guy in this video, in fact I think I've seen him around in Edmonton at the community centers that serve food to the public. Hope Mission, Boyle Street, Mustard Seed, and Living for Jesus.

  • @JerryAulenbach

    @JerryAulenbach

    9 жыл бұрын

    Hope you're doing better now.

  • @justinkeeling2008

    @justinkeeling2008

    9 жыл бұрын

    I Am...thank you. Here in Collingwood...Working and living in a nice warm home!

  • @CHUCKBALLER2024

    @CHUCKBALLER2024

    8 жыл бұрын

    +justin keeling It is SAD I know What you are Talking About been there Done that .Keep up the Job ! It is the way Out.

  • @justinkeeling2008
    @justinkeeling20089 жыл бұрын

    In view of some of the comments previously on here....I can say that for an absolute homeless person (that's one who doesn't use resources available like shelters, soup kitchens, drop in centers, Government assistance programs, etc. ) it is not quite that simple to just pick it up and get off of the lifestyle. You see it is something inside the individual who suffers some kind of need, but doesn't feel any desire to persue it. This person is actually content within him/herself for the things out of the world presented. This internal satisfaction is almost always accompanied with an addiction (drugs and alcohol) So that the individual doesn't have to think about the living situation he/she is living in. I know this because I've been out there with them and have seen that in everyone I've met on the street. That they have had some kind of trauma in their lives, some kind of deep hurt that they are protecting within themselves. A key to a dark closet that NO ONE will take.

  • @CHUCKBALLER2024

    @CHUCKBALLER2024

    8 жыл бұрын

    +justin keeling Right on the Money.

  • @stevenbrown3783
    @stevenbrown37835 жыл бұрын

    I wish there was an update on him

  • @joestruggles1440
    @joestruggles14405 жыл бұрын

    Freaky stuff happens at night in the woods in Edmonton like really freaky I’ve lived in those woods in tents just like this young man and some stuff scared the shit out of me

  • @bestopinion9257

    @bestopinion9257

    4 жыл бұрын

    Can you say what scared you?

  • @evariscorona6020

    @evariscorona6020

    3 ай бұрын

    Really? What kind of stuff. I am interested in the paranormal. I like to walk around these woods during the day time in the summer but I wouldn't venture out there at night time .Please tell us what you saw , heard or sensed otherwise in those woods I love so much.

  • @CHUCKBALLER2024
    @CHUCKBALLER20248 жыл бұрын

    Glad things are better for you now. In 1991 I moved to Calgary & Ended up on the street from 1991 - 1999 ( ROUGH Time )But made it out & Back to Edmonton Same Job last 17 years ! & 4 KZread Channels with 70 Thousand Views so far- Life is better .

  • @justinkeeling2008

    @justinkeeling2008

    8 жыл бұрын

    +WARPAINT GAMER { Canadian } You said you found the tent bottle picking? I also found my tent bottle picking as well bin Edmonton up in Belvedere region. It was mid October 2010 and I pitched camp up in Clairview up on Manning Drive. I was there until the end of january 2011, then I sobered up and got some help.....Good memories when I look at this video.

  • @CHUCKBALLER2024

    @CHUCKBALLER2024

    8 жыл бұрын

    Coolz Keep it up.

  • @justinkeeling2008

    @justinkeeling2008

    8 жыл бұрын

    Heading out East to a program for a year on the 15th dec.

  • @iknowimverystupidbut1828

    @iknowimverystupidbut1828

    6 жыл бұрын

    warpaint gamer gimme money I need money man

  • @CHUCKBALLER2024

    @CHUCKBALLER2024

    6 жыл бұрын

    er not rich

  • @nicolestarkoniski5674
    @nicolestarkoniski56744 жыл бұрын

    I hope this guy is doing well. I hope he tries to get a home someday I know it mustn’t be easy and not simple to just get out of this situation, but I hope and pray he can find a way out and live more comfortably. I don’t blame him for leaving hobema I’ve heard it’s not a nice place.

  • @maggie4396

    @maggie4396

    4 жыл бұрын

    check this video .. regulators vol 1 part 3 .. he better homeless in Edmonton!

  • @imannonymous7707
    @imannonymous77072 жыл бұрын

    I used to live in edmonton i remember this bridge went into riverdale if its the same one i think it is The low level bridge maybe....that guy must be freezn holy smokes it gets cold there

  • @JerryAulenbach

    @JerryAulenbach

    2 жыл бұрын

    Right next to Riverdale, yes.

  • @imannonymous7707

    @imannonymous7707

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@JerryAulenbach cool , thanks, i miss edmonton

  • @maggie4396
    @maggie43964 жыл бұрын

    Well... he better in the wood than when he was a (member gang) for 11 years in Hobbema! ...video from you tube ( regulators vol 1 part 3 ) he look young but he 33 years old (2010)

  • @kevintrace5396
    @kevintrace53962 жыл бұрын

    At least u got snow to clean your underneath what more do u want

  • @mikemiller8975
    @mikemiller89754 жыл бұрын

    I take him for warm breakfast and get him a blanket r sleepn bag and pillow and camp stove

  • @kentran9721
    @kentran97214 жыл бұрын

    He is Snowman, not a homeless man, ok

  • @TreyParkersBitch
    @TreyParkersBitch11 жыл бұрын

    Is everyone in Canada homeless?

  • @joestruggles1440

    @joestruggles1440

    5 жыл бұрын

    TreyParkersBitch not everyone but actually quite a lot of people

  • @derrickconnolly9164

    @derrickconnolly9164

    3 жыл бұрын

    No most of us have igloos

  • @njcdailo8934

    @njcdailo8934

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@derrickconnolly9164 I can confirm this.

  • @omega4chimp
    @omega4chimp11 жыл бұрын

    Theirs allot of government help too in edmonton its not always pointless work like warehouse jobs and lifting boxes,dude should go to a psychologist and just bullshit and says he's got something.and go on wish,dude you just need AISH.

  • @bestopinion9257
    @bestopinion92574 жыл бұрын

    4:59 An animal passes there far behind. Do you see it?

  • @chenlee3240

    @chenlee3240

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wild mustang, wild Ford Mustang.

  • @imannonymous7707

    @imannonymous7707

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ya i saw it on the left...nah maybe not lol

  • @bestopinion9257

    @bestopinion9257

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@imannonymous7707 I watched again, yes it is clear, an animal is trespassing in a distance running from right to left. You can see its upper body for a second or so.

  • @bestopinion9257

    @bestopinion9257

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@imannonymous7707 Ut is upper right of the image.

  • @deogratiassisi7729
    @deogratiassisi7729 Жыл бұрын

    I hope you fight till this day

  • @TuwanandTenille
    @TuwanandTenille5 жыл бұрын

    😞

  • @Ben-re8yu
    @Ben-re8yu2 жыл бұрын

    Edmonton....The litteral power center heart beat energy production place of the entire nation....you screw up Iverson\amerjeet

  • @omega4chimp
    @omega4chimp11 жыл бұрын

    i would never wont to live in edmonton.

  • @active6302
    @active63023 жыл бұрын

    The sh1t these "campers" leave behind costs Edmonton millions every year.

  • @chenlee3240
    @chenlee32404 жыл бұрын

    Native American looks at home in the woods.

  • @TheRicresch

    @TheRicresch

    3 жыл бұрын

    No. He needs a warm place like all of us.

  • @vajraloka1
    @vajraloka113 жыл бұрын

    sometime i wonder if the jobs go to women and" minorities" and imports from somalia and ethiopia. plus computers jobs destroy blue collar industry as did outsourcing