Seven homeless people in Minneapolis are suing the city and Mayor Jacob Frey for allegedly clearing encampments without notice amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Minneapolis introduced a homelessness initiative in June allowing those suffering from homelessness to live in public parks "temporarily until dignified alternative spaces can be found" due to a lack of public housing and the "growing number of people experiencing homelessness," according to the city's website. "We just filed a lawsuit with Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid to stop Hennepin County and Minneapolis officials from destroying encampments and evicting unhoused people from their homes there," the Minnesota ACLU wrote in a Monday evening tweet.
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