In Tent City
Several homeless encampments in Seattle, Wash., have been cleared out by the “Navigation Team,” which is helping those affected find shelter. “We’ve been servicing this area with trash pickup, with litter picks, trying to keep trash down,” says the Team’s spokesman, Will Lemke. “However, we saw this place continue to experience a lot of negative impacts from trash.” Indeed, officers found a lot of interesting stuff left behind in one camp: real and fake guns, knives, machetes, a sword, drugs, and over $20,000 in cash. (RC/KING Seattle) ...With that kind of money, they could rent a nice apartment in Seattle for an entire month.Original Publication Date: 26 May 2019
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 25.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 25.
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