Daily News | The city said it’s not discarding homeless possessions. Do these AirTags tell a different story?
A member of the city's Encampment Resolution Team tries to get the attention of a person who was sleeping inside a tent along Kensington Avenue near East Willard Street at the start of an encampment clear-out on Aug. 18 of last year. The day before, advocates had placed tracking devices in the belongings of a few individuals who were experiencing homelessness, to try to prove that the city dumped some people's possessions at a solid-waste facility in Conshohocken.
Other tagged and discarded items traced to Conshohocken were a black trunk and a plastic container of clothes belonging to a man identified as Tommy, as well as a black backpack belonging to a man identified as Peter. The bag contained a wallet with his identification cards, which are considered extraordinarily difficult for people who are homeless to replace.
If something is thrown out, a city spokesperson said, it’s only because it’s dangerous, abandoned, or debris. Sena added that, in anticipation of a lawsuit, she took affidavits from Ramseyer, Tommy, and Peter last year. They swore that they were never told their belongings were considered hazardous and that they never received notice their things would be taken. “The city was not following OHS policy on Aug. 18,” Sena said.
Although the city gave notice of the Aug. 18 clear-out, it didn’t retain some of the belongings, advocates asserted. According to national and local lawyers who are experts on homelessness, that’s a violation of the constitutional rights of encampment residents.
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