Minneapolis sued for kicking unhoused people out of park encampments
After becoming homeless in May, Dennis Barrow, 42, of Minneapolis, tried to make things work in a variety of different temporary locations.
He briefly stayed with the mother of his son, but was accused – though not convicted – of domestic violence. Then he went with a friend to stay at the former Sheraton Hotel in Minneapolis, which had been converted into a temporary shelter in the early days of the uprising set off by the police killing of George Floyd.
After the hotel evicted everyone living there, Barrow set up a tent in Powderhorn Park and lived there for a couple of months. (Read our July cover story about the sudden growth of volunteer-led tent encampments in city parks.) Then one day, police showed up and told everyone to clear out.
According to a civil complaint, he and the other people living in the encampment got notices saying they had 72 hours to leave, but officers “showed up with bulldozers” just a day later.
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