The city of Oakland took action Wednesday, clearing out a longtime homeless encampment that some say has turned an entire block into a place of lawlessness.
It was the East Bay city's latest homeless camp cleanout in the wake of the recent eviction of unhoused residents who were
On his surveillance cameras, Nagengast has recorded armed robberies, fights, drug use, trash dumping--including a guy yanking an unwanted camper off the back of his pickup truck into the middle of the street. Business owners have been frustrated by the lack of response from the city. "Today, I'm pleased with the city," said Nagengast as he watched the campers packing up their vehicles. "These people do not like us here running our businesses. They think we should probably go, and they should take over the neighborhood."
"We're not breaking the law by being homeless. There's not a law against being homeless," said Doyle."That guy down there, the Melrose guy, that doesn't help this at all. The footage he showed you? That's old. That wasn't even us. We clean garbage up out here."
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