"Just a tired dad". Neighbors call cops on "homeless man with baby" when father takes baby on a walk

[Demovictory9]

A Huntington Beach father whose neighbor called police after mistaking him as a homeless man is using his art to change the conversation around homelessness and parenthood.

The artist with a man bun and baggy clothes was on his second walk of the morning with Florence in the baby wrap carrier when someone followed him and called police.

“Were you going for a walk? Is this baby or something? Your neighbors saw you and thought you were homeless,” Hamborg recalled the officers’ questions after they knocked on his door. “Nope, not homeless. Just a tired dad.”

Hamborg, the dad of four, was surprised his neighbors didn't recognize him as he goes on a walk with the baby multiple times a day.

“Apparently, I need to work on my appearance,” Hamborg said, adding the lady who called the police thought he had stolen a baby. “I guess being an artist or a tired tad isn’t a valid excuse.”

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/just-a-tired-dad-huntington-beach-father-who-was-mistaken-as-homeless-speaks-out/3713968/
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