Another man, who gave the name JD, said he had recently acquired a housing placement in the city and he was in the process of moving his remaining possessions into storage. If it weren’t for his friend, who happened to be present during the city’s operation and guarded many of the items, JD said he feared that all of his belongings would’ve been trashed.
“I thought I got robbed,” JD said. “It’s gotten to the point where, really, what can we do?”
A notice was taped to a nearby wall indicating that the city had seized a blue tent, black bags full of personal belongings and a flat-screen TV, which could be retrieved at a Department of Public Works operations yard.
“Find me one person who actually got their stuff back after the city took it,” JD said.