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Question of the Day By MARY DIVINE - Associated Press - Saturday, February 13, 2021
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - For a man who claims to be terrible with names, Bryan Ring seemed to have no trouble last week at the homeless encampment near Sheridan Memorial Park in Minneapolis.
“Hey, Robert,” he said to a man headed to the camp’s portable toilet while wearing just one boot. “How are you doing? Get that boot on!”
He teased Angel Prince about spraining her thumb. “Whatcha been doin’, Angel? Beating up one of the guys in camp again?”
Man is ‘godsend’ to people living in Minneapolis homeless camps
“Everybody has their reason for why they are out there,” says Bryan Ring. “I, for one, have never judged nobody.”
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Bryan Ring, of Stillwater, Minn., delivers winter clothing, hygiene supplies and food to people in a northeast Minneapolis homeless encampment on Jan. 27, 2021. Scott Takushi / St. Paul Pioneer Press
MINNEAPOLIS For a man who claims to be terrible with names, Bryan Ring seemed to have no trouble last week at the homeless encampment near Sheridan Memorial Park in Minneapolis.
“Hey, Robert,” he said to a man headed to the camp’s portable toilet while wearing just one boot. “How are you doing? Get that boot on!”