Homeless encampments cleared in Kalamazoo

A pair of homeless encampments were cleared in Kalamazoo on Thursday.

The city says the groups were warned days prior to it happening.

In the mid/upper 50s.A PA OIRF HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTSWERE CLEARED TODAY IN KALAMAZOOTHE CITY SAYS ONE GROUP WAS ONPRIVATE PROPERTY ... THE OTHERON PUBLIC PROPERTY... BUT THHAD TO LEAVE THE AREASOUR LAUREN EDWARDS JOINS US LIVESHE’S BEEN IN KALAMAZOO ALLDAY COVERING THIS ORYSTLAUREN?LOTS GOING ON HERE IN KALAZOMAYOU CAN E SEONE SMALL GROUPBEHIND ME THAT REMAINS AFTERBEING MOVED OUT OF ONE LOCATIONNEAR STADIUM DRIVE HOWEVER IWANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT ANOERTHLOCATION ON ANOTHER SIDE OF TOWNIT’S OVER ON HOTOP AND LBGIERTSTREETS, WHERE POLICE CLEAREDOUT AN ENCAMPMENT THERE AROUND 1P-M THE CITY SAYS THE GUPROTHERE WAS TOLD A FEW DAYS PRIORTHAT THEY NEEDED TO LEAVTODAY, IT WAS ENFORCED.

THE CITYSAYS THERE WERE NO INJIES ORURARRESTS IN THE PROCESS WHAT’’LEFT ARE BELONGINGS PILED UPTHOSE WITH THE ENCAMPMENT SAYTHEY FELT VIOLATED HOWEVER,SOME RESIDENTS SAY THEY NEEDTO LEAVEThey came in and said you’v’got 10 minutes to leave.

Howwould they like if a thousandbikers and thousand homelessshowed up at your doorstep andsay you got 10 minutes to leave.10sThey shut it down.

Theyviolated every constitutionalright we had every one of emth4sI think the city should step inand mediatthe is situation.

Youknow anytime people go and go onprivate property they should goto jail.

If me, myself, if Iwent up on Bronson Boulevard andpitched a tent in somebody’syardn osomebody’s property.

Iwould go to jail.You know it and I knowt.

Is22IN THE 6 O’CLOCK SHOW YOU’LLHEAR MORE ABOUT ATWH HAPPENED ATTHE ENCAMPMENT BEHIND ME, NEARSTADIUM DRIVEWE ALSO SPOKE WITH THE CITABOUT POSSIBLE SOLUTIONSLIVE IN KALAMAZOO,AU