Closing Down Encampments | “A War on Poor People”: Speaking Out Against Drug Criminalization (original) (raw)
Kensington’s encampments, gone as of early 2019, consisted of large numbers of individuals who were homeless and addicted to opioids. There were four major encampments cleared by the city of Philadelphia, of which Emerald Street was the oldest and largest (Wolfram).
Image: “Protest flyers in English and Spanish are pasted on the wall of Emerald Street railroad overpass, the site of an encampment long used by heroin addicts” (Emma Lee, WHYY)
Date posted: May 11, 2020 | Author: Mary Davis | No Comments »
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