San Diego — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the city of San Diego, its police department and city officials Wednesday alleging city workers destroyed property belonging to the homeless in a series of raids.
The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court alleges the raids were conducted with the intention of harassing the homeless. It seeks the return of their possessions, a permanent injunction to stop any further raids and other damages.
“These raids have nothing to do with cleaning up trash,” ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties Legal Director David Blair-Loy said in a statement. “This is purely and simply a drive to force homeless people out—out of the neighborhood, out of the city, and out of sight and mind.” (more…)
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