Protesters thwart homeless encampment eviction in Minneapolis' North Loop

Early Tuesday morning, residents of a tent city in Minneapolis' North Loop neighborhood wondered whether the city would follow through with their scheduled eviction. A trickle of masked protesters in black kept watch for city vehicles.

At about 10 a.m., the signs of an imminent sweep materialized: regulatory services trucks hauling skid steers, county and city street outreach staff, police. Hamoudi Sabri, the developer who owns the land on which the encampment was established, pulled up in his car and talked with Saray Garnett-Hochuli, the city's director of regulatory services.

Protesters called for reinforcements. About 40 people formed a wall along N. 5th Street to defend the camp of just as many residents, some of whom quickly built a fire in a driveway leading into the camp.

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