Thursday Morning Evictions

I had a couple of interesting conversations with city workers today. My overall impression is that nobody wants to be doing this and nobody thinks it will result in anything other than displacing the homeless. One Fresno police officer told me that he felt bad, because these people have nowhere to go. He explained that he is just following orders and that this is not a solution to the problem. A city sanitation worker told me that they were trying to comply with the mandate of the federal court order. He said they were only destroying the shelters if the owner said they could or if it was abandoned. They did seem to pack up more property and put it into storage than in previous days, but there was still obvious destruction of property taking place, as can be seen in the photos below.

Earlier stories about this series of evictions can be seen at:

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/10/26/18695320.php

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/10/27/18695578.php

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/10/27/18695595.php

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/01/18696544.php

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/02/18696797.php

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/02/18696844.php