Denver Deploys Riot Police to Demolish Tiny Homes For the Homeless

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

I'm confused. I thought the Democratic Party was the party of compassion for the poor and downtrodden. Why are these compassionate leftists abusing and brutalizing the poor like this?

Up to 70 officers from the Denver Police and Sheriff’s Departments converged on Sustainability Park, in Denver, Colorado, Saturday night to dismantle and remove a micro-home community for the homeless. The community was created by Denver Homeless Out Loud (DHOL) – a group “composed of houseless people and supporters,” according to the organization’s press release.

Following orders issued by Mayor Michael Hancock, police officers — including SWAT units with helicopters overhead — stormed the park by 9 p.m. local time to remove the micro-buildings, named “Resurrection Village,” due to lack of proper permits from the city. Ten were arrested in the process and charged with trespassing — Terese Howard, Benjamin Donlon, Karen Seed, Audrey Haynes, Andrew Tate Viviano, Raymond Lyall, Coby Wikselaar, Scott Hauck, Stephanie Marraro, and DJ Razee. Denver Public Works then took the remnants of the destroyed homes, threw them into dump trucks and drove them away.

Denver Deploys Riot Police to Demolish Tiny Homes For the Homeless

 

[bucs90]

So a homeless encampment was cleared by the police because that area isn't zoned for poorly structured shacks. Ok.

 

[waltky]

Around 140,000 homeless children in America...

Over half a million people are homeless in the United States
20 Nov.`15 - A quarter of the homeless people are children

Over half a million people are living homeless in the United States, according to the latest official statistics from the country. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Read says 565,000 people are homeless, with around a quarter of that number under the age of 18. While the overall number of people without housing is down across the country, some areas have declared a state of housing emergency. "Despite national estimates, New York City continues to experience near record homelessness," Giselle Routhier, a spokeswoman for the Coalition for the Homeless, told the Reuters news agency.

Other areas to have declared emergencies include Seattle, Los Angeles, and Hawaii. “We wanted to do two things,” LA mayor Eric Garcetti told the NPR radio station in September. “One was to declare a sense of urgency; that this was an emergency, which legally allows us to open up our shelters earlier, even before we get rain or cold days, which is the legal requirement.”

Overal homeless l figures across the nation were down two per cent on the previous years, however. Homelessness has also been on the rise in Britain, with a 40 per cent rise since David Cameron became prime minister.

A major city of people is effectively homeless in the United States of America

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Denver police arrest 10 activists who built shelter for homeless people
Monday 26 October 2015 - 'To quash something like that in an instant is to rob them of a dream'

The Denver Police department arrested 10 activists and confiscated several homes built for the homeless at Sustainability Park on Saturday. 7News Denver reports that “Denver Homeless Out Loud” activists were confronted by police and arrested on tresspassing charges while they built a small village for homeless people. The Denver Housing Authority reportedly filed a complaint with police saying that the activists refused to leave their property. A crowdsouring effort by the group has raised more than $5,000 to build "affordable, sustainable" housing for Denver's homeless community. However, the collective experessed concern over finding a legal space for the homes.

Activists set up "tiny homes" in Denver, Colorado.​

According to a release from the activists on Sunday night, the housing authority recently sold tore down "hundreds of low income housing units" and has recently agreed to sell the land to a private developer "who will build multifamily housing that will support gentrification in Curtis Park but be far beyond the reach of those for whom the Denver Housing Authority is supposed to exist." "Here in Denver homelessness is growing faster than anyone can count as housing prices rise to record levels, 4000 new people arrive in Denver each month, and the city puts millions more into jails than affordable housing. We need homes not jails," the statement reads.

Kevin Beasley, a homeless Denver resident, told CBS Denver that witnessing police destory the homes was upsetting. “People need to have hope that they can do something. So to quash something like that in an instant is to rob them of a dream.” The Denver Housing Authority did not return The Independent's request for comment.

Denver police arrest 10 activists who built shelter for homeless people