San Diego trash collectors put a homeless man's tent into a compactor, and discovered just before it was too late that he was inside it.

If his tent had been empty of human beings at that moment, would that have excused the city for destroying it and leaving its owner with no shelter? Of course not!

This is an example of routine intentional cruelty, aimed (naturally) at those who are down and out, which almost this time did more damage than it was supposed to.