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Resident urges commissioners not to criminalize homelessness during public comment
5833897 · September 18, 2025
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Summary
During public comment Cheryl Eagle, identifying as a member of the Fort Peck Tribes and formerly enrolled with Blackfeet, asked commissioners to reconsider criminalizing unhoused people and described personal experiences and concerns about local responses to homelessness.
Cheryl Eagle used the public comment period at the Sept. 17 Butte‑Silver Bow Council meeting to urge commissioners to reconsider policies that criminalize homelessness and to draw attention to the experiences of people who are unhoused. Eagle said she represents “struggling…
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