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No more tent cities, say police
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No more tent cities, say police
WebPosted Apr 2 2004 08:28 AM PST |
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| VANCOUVER - Vancouver police are taking a harder line with tent city protests, to prevent a repeat of last year's running squats.
City ends False Creek squat
Officers and city crews dismantled 20 temporary plywood shelters on Thursday night, set up just hours earlier in a city park in Chinatown.
Anti-poverty activists had hoped to get permission to create a tent city in the park for the homeless.
Instead, dozens of police officers moved in quickly, as city crews dismantled the shelters.
"We decided to take a proactive stance this time around, and remove the squats before people actually became firmly entrenched in those locations," says Const. Anne Drennan.
Tent cities and squats in Canada
Two people were arrested after a scuffle with police.
Drennan says charges of inciting a riot may be recommended against one of them.
Activists say they'll now lobby city council to allow a well-organized tent city somewhere in Vancouver, to save people from sleeping on the streets. |
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