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The camp, which was on city property, was a temporary home to more than 20 adults
Minneapolis city crews worked Tuesday to clear a homeless encampment during rush hour along 5th Avenue near Lake Street in Minneapolis. Traffic in the area was diverted from around the encampment and streets quickly became clogged.
City crews tore down a Minneapolis homeless encampment off Lake Street early Tuesday as camp residents watched in despair from across the street.
Police blocked off the nearby streets with more than a dozen squad cars and surrounded the area with yellow tape as city-owned vehicles cleared the tents. Within the past year, the city has cleared more than 10 encampments and is monitoring at least a dozen more.
"This is not how you treat people," camp resident Casandra Beckwith said as she watched the crews Tuesday. She left the camp a few hours earlier to buy cigarettes and food and returned to what looked like a crime scene. "I thought someone got shot. They could have at least given us enough time to get our things."
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