 In 1989 , Shiller sponsored a resolution creating a sub @-@ committee on Domestic Violence . Shiller backed a group of 50 to 75 people including more than 40 homeless people and six children who erected a " tent city " from doors and wood on a vacant lot at 4425 N. Malden to illustrate the plight of the homeless . On Friday , October 14 , 1989 Shiller was among five arrested when police , called by the owner , evicted about 100 protesters from the lot . Shiller was charged with trespassing and spent " about two minutes " in jail before charges were dropped . 
