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The Bottom
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Even by the standards we've already set for horrific living conditions, this young couple and their 22-month-old son were living in epic squalor. The story starts with the landlord calling police because the man was drunk and banging on his door, and when the police showed up, they found the family living illegally in a converted garage with a smell noticeable outside and described as "putrid." When they say your home is "putrid," you're at rock bottom. Inside, they found a) the guy literally falling down drunk, b) his girlfriend passed out with a fifth of vodka almost laying on top of the child, and c) well, I'll quote from the article: "dirty laundry, spoiled and rotten food scattered, a plugged toilet filled with feces, and dirty diapers and tampons all over the floor." Conditions were so bad that police asked the TV station not to show pictures (the reporter saw them and called it "absolutely disgusting"). And the guy tried to fight the cops, got taken to detox, and when uncuffed to use the bathroom, threw a punch at a cop and spouted racial slurs to another. That poor kid... no chance. (KARE-TV/Minneapolis)
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