‘It’s not illegal to be homeless’: unhoused Washingtonians evicted from encampments as part of Trump’s crime crackdown
by Kirstin Garriss in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6ZBAR)
Federal officers swept encampments across DC overnight, leaving many uncertain about where they will find shelter
For the past eight months, David Harold Pugh has found his spot" outside the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library in Washington DC. He keeps all his belongings, including a guitar, tied up together on a two-wheeled buggy.
This is shelter. It's a safe place where I can put my buggy up against the wall, and it's up against that beam so nobody can roll it," said Pugh. I roll it on its back, and then I sleep alongside of it, so nobody can get it without me waking up."
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