Homeless camped outside city hall say they won t leave
The notice from security warned anything still there after Sunday will be thrown away and any person still occupying the lawn could be arrested. Share Updated: 6:19 PM CDT Apr 5, 2021
Homeless camped outside city hall say they won t leave
The notice from security warned anything still there after Sunday will be thrown away and any person still occupying the lawn could be arrested. Share Updated: 6:19 PM CDT Apr 5, 2021
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Show Transcript WE CAN’T BE ON CITY PROPERT. Y EVERYWHERE WE GO CITY. DESPITE THE WARNING THAT ANYONE WHO STAYS PAST SUNDAY COULD BE ARRESTED PEOPLE CAMPING OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL WITH THE HOMELESS UNION DID NOT MOVE FIRST. WE AIN’T GOING NOWHERE. SECOND IF THEY ARREST US WE GO TO JAIL AND THEN WE COME BACK GADDAFI. THE GROUP’S LEADER SAYS THEY WANT JOBS HOMES AND A SEAT AT THE TABLE WHAT THEY MAKE DECISIONS ALL CONCERNING US. WE DESERVE A VOICE BECAUSE WE
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Protesters at the We Shall Not Be Moved rally on the south lawn of Kansas City s City Hall listen to speeches late Thursday afternoon decrying the potential sweep of the homeless encampment there.
The KC Homeless Union has been camped outside of City Hall since February 1. The city says it has to go because it has become a public health and safety problem.
Officials gave the eviction notice via the Abraham Lincoln statue in front of City Hall: those living at the homeless encampment had created an illegal campsite and if they are there past Sunday they could get arrested.