The Parker administration’s explanation of why comes amid scrutiny of how the city handled the encampment clearing, the mayor’s most visible action yet to dismantle the open-air drug market.
Mayor Parker’s administration and advocates say a tense encounter threw off Kensington encampment clearing
The Parker administration’s explanation of why comes amid scrutiny of how the city handled the encampment clearing, the mayor’s most visible action yetLawmakers said they were confused why outreach teams didn’t lead the operation. Residents complained that people who had been living on the Avenue ended up on adjacent residential blocks. The Citizens Police Oversight Commission expressed “profound concern” and said it will conduct an investigation of the clearing.
Sarah Laurel, the executive director at Savage Sisters, a nonprofit that offers wound care and other harm reduction services, said the clearing was more law enforcement led than past clearings. She took videos of officers ushering people outside a taped-off area without city outreach workers.“It looked like a photo op,” Laurel said, “and it didn’t look like much else.
Some of the advocates in question were with a group called Concerned Harm Reductionists United, a coalition of people who work in Kensington and were there to support those who were homeless by helping them pack their belongings, providing water and clothing, and offering transportation to shelters or treatment.
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