When the homeless camps between the highways and railroads in a city were "cleaned up", the entire areas were clearcut of vegetation. Many were protected wetlands. People's tents and sleeping bags were physically slashed and confiscated. The people this happens to don't have avenues for legal action, they are busy figuring out how to survive.
After Occupy Wall Street, which had turned into networks of homeless shelters, this happened across the world. Some blame inaccurate messaging to law enforcement from their superiors. Of course, Shawn stated they are familiar with police abuses.
