Homeless families sought shelter from COVID-19 in vacant homes. California authorities evicted them before Thanksgiving
by Sarah Parvini, Los Angeles Times
Nov 26, 2020
2 minutes
LOS ANGELES â California Highway Patrol officers forcibly removed people who had "reclaimed" vacant, publicly owned homes in El Sereno late Wednesday â the night before Thanksgiving â amid a surge in COVID-19 cases.
Videos of the evictions, posted on Twitter, show dozens of officers crowding the street near Sheffield Avenue and Poplar Boulevard around 7 p.m. The officers were met by a wave of protesters, who shouted,
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