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Judge orders Phoenix to stop sweeps of homeless encampments
A federal judge has temporarily halted the city of Phoenix from conducting sweeps of a huge homeless encampment downtown.
Judge Murray Snow issued an emergency injunction Thursday in response to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court by the ACLU of Arizona.
The order prohibits authorities from enforcing sleeping and camping bans on anyone who cannot obtain a bed in a shelter. They also cannot seize property unless it is contraband or somehow a threat.
However, the judge says the injunction does not stop the city from carrying out “enhanced cleanup plans” in “the Zone,” the name given for the area where unhoused people often camp out.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/judge-orders-phoenix-to-stop-sweeps-of-homeless-encampments/ar-AA15nlAF