Judge Lifts Order That Mandated Albuquerque Stop Throwing Away Homeless People's Belongings

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https://www.propublica.org/article/judge-lifts-order-albuquerque-homeless-encampments

Judge Lifts Order That Mandated Albuquerque Stop Throwing Away Homeless People’s Belongings

A district judge stood by his previous finding that the city has seized and destroyed personal property during its homeless encampment removals but said a pending Supreme Court ruling could make his order “unworkable.”

by Nicole Santa Cruz
May 23, 5 a.m. EDT

A New Mexico judge has lifted a temporary order that had mandated the city of Albuquerque stop throwing away the possessions of homeless people without providing notice and an offer to store their belongings.

District Court Judge Joshua Allison stood by his previous finding that the city had seized and destroyed personal property without providing “basic constitutional protections.” But, on Friday, he wrote that a pending U.S. Supreme Court ruling could alter arguments in the Albuquerque case, and until the Supreme Court rules, any resolution to the New Mexico case is “unworkable.”

Recent reporting by ProPublica showed the city had routinely ignored the injunction as well as its own policies for dealing with encampments, which have crowded sidewalks and popped up in empty lots.

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[Blues Heron]

1. this country is becoming so brutal

Dont kick them when they are down Albuquerque. It could be ANY of you. Dont think you are exempt from living on the streets.

[Voltaire2]

2. Making existence illegal is an abomination.