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Last month, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her announced plans to close the city’s three largest homeless encampments, starting with Pig’s Eye Regional Park.
Today, after weeks of protests and packed City Hall hearings, more than 120 residents were forced to move. Efforts to delay the closure failed. Volunteers packed vehicles, helping residents relocate to other encampments, primarily a wooded site off Randolph Avenue.
Every unhoused person shown here gave verbal permission to be photographed.
1. A man who said his name is Wolf is escorted out of the Pig’s Eye encampment by St. Paul Department of Safety and Inspections (DSI) officials.
2. Mike Yang, a resident of the Pig’s Eye encampment, stands on his truck while helping load it with other residents’ belongings bound for the Randolph encampment.
3/4. A protester smashes an object against the windshield of a skid steer loader as city crews work to clear the encampment. Shortly afterward, it turned around and wasn’t seen again while residents continued moving their belongings.
5/6. St. Paul DSI officials are followed by protesters and members of the media after attempting to enter the encampment.
7. Gary Lusso, a frequent volunteer at the Pig’s Eye encampment, wears a T-shirt he designed with ChatGPT depicting the city and the encampment.
8/9. Volunteer Drew Harmon helps move residents’ belongings, while a pile accumulates behind a bus operated by Veterans for Peace, which the organization uses to transport residents and their possessions.
10. A man who introduced himself as “D” helps move belongings from a resident’s camp.
11. While waiting for a ride out of Pig’s Eye, Nathaniel Agbator, wrapped in an American flag, looks at a sign directing residents to another St. Paul encampment.
12. “Man” and his girlfriend, Liz, set up their new space at the Randolph encampment after moving from Pig’s Eye earlier in the day. Though he was worried about the move, he says he ended up liking the new location.
13. A St. Paul Fire Department official stands at the Pig’s Eye encampment as volunteers clear residents’ belongings.
Read our coverage at twincities.com.
With @hannahbrueske for @pioneerpress
Today, after weeks of protests and packed City Hall hearings, more than 120 residents were forced to move. Efforts to delay the closure failed. Volunteers packed vehicles, helping residents relocate to other encampments, primarily a wooded site off Randolph Avenue.
Every unhoused person shown here gave verbal permission to be photographed.
1. A man who said his name is Wolf is escorted out of the Pig’s Eye encampment by St. Paul Department of Safety and Inspections (DSI) officials.
2. Mike Yang, a resident of the Pig’s Eye encampment, stands on his truck while helping load it with other residents’ belongings bound for the Randolph encampment.
3/4. A protester smashes an object against the windshield of a skid steer loader as city crews work to clear the encampment. Shortly afterward, it turned around and wasn’t seen again while residents continued moving their belongings.
5/6. St. Paul DSI officials are followed by protesters and members of the media after attempting to enter the encampment.
7. Gary Lusso, a frequent volunteer at the Pig’s Eye encampment, wears a T-shirt he designed with ChatGPT depicting the city and the encampment.
8/9. Volunteer Drew Harmon helps move residents’ belongings, while a pile accumulates behind a bus operated by Veterans for Peace, which the organization uses to transport residents and their possessions.
10. A man who introduced himself as “D” helps move belongings from a resident’s camp.
11. While waiting for a ride out of Pig’s Eye, Nathaniel Agbator, wrapped in an American flag, looks at a sign directing residents to another St. Paul encampment.
12. “Man” and his girlfriend, Liz, set up their new space at the Randolph encampment after moving from Pig’s Eye earlier in the day. Though he was worried about the move, he says he ended up liking the new location.
13. A St. Paul Fire Department official stands at the Pig’s Eye encampment as volunteers clear residents’ belongings.
Read our coverage at twincities.com.
With @hannahbrueske for @pioneerpress
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