Post by Logan on Feb 14, 2016 7:26:31 GMT -6
Thoun Sasouvanh wasn’t in his tent when police, a cleanup crew and outreach workers arrived to shut down the homeless encampment where he had been sleeping.
By the time Sasouvanh returned to the stretch of sidewalk on Fourth Avenue under the Yesler Way Bridge in downtown Seattle, the crew had been working for a while.
Someone had gathered his belongings into black garbage bags, which were laid out on the pavement for him. Sasouvanh said he had dealt with this before.
“Yeah, many times,” the 49-year-old said, shaking his head. “The rule is the rule. People around here make the street not clean. Some people are just messy.”
Read more: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/advocates-fear-encampment-cleanups-hurt-more-than-help/
By the time Sasouvanh returned to the stretch of sidewalk on Fourth Avenue under the Yesler Way Bridge in downtown Seattle, the crew had been working for a while.
Someone had gathered his belongings into black garbage bags, which were laid out on the pavement for him. Sasouvanh said he had dealt with this before.
“Yeah, many times,” the 49-year-old said, shaking his head. “The rule is the rule. People around here make the street not clean. Some people are just messy.”
Read more: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/advocates-fear-encampment-cleanups-hurt-more-than-help/