DC homeless camps cleared out in Trump takeover
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While we are targeting criminals and trying to remove criminals off of the streets, we also want to make DC safe and beautiful,” Leavitt said Tuesday.
The Supreme Court legitimized this practice in a 2024 decision in which the conservative justices ruled that the city of Grants Pass, Oregon could fine and arrest unhoused people for sleeping outside, even though there weren’t sufficient homeless shelter beds to accommodate them.
David Barnes, who is homeless, told the NYT that he found his tent, which had previously been located in Washington Circle, missing after police officers had once again thrown his possessions in the trash. Barnes told the outlet that “Trump and his presidency has taken away two — not one, two — of my tents.”
The president's tough approach raises questions for unhoused communities. Here is the news to know on Wednesday.