This account is live tweeting. Councilperson Kendra Brooks is there on the ground. https://twitter.com/JPeters2100/status/1295718067964698631?s=19
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Member of City Council Kendra Brooks is here. #JTDCamp @KendraPHL
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Scanner - "shutting ridge down for a couple hours" "just a block 15th to 16th"
Camp Teddy update from UR: fencing is being put up near the camp. Twitter.com/ur_ninja is there
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According to Unicorn Riot the city plans to meet with organizers at 11am. Judge has not ruled on the injunction filed earlier today
Attorneys supporting the encampment also filed an injunction late last night to halt the eviction, citing CDC pandemic guidelines indicating homeless people should be allowed to remain in shelter at encampments. No judge has ruled on the injunction yet.
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Scanner - Cops headed to the N bound parkway near 22nd
Seems like things have calmed down at the camps. We will keep monitoring and updating. https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/live/philadelphia-homeless-encampment-clearing-ben-franklin-parkway-pha-20200818.html
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On day of planned encampment clearing, city officials meet with organizers and a lawsuit puts the evictions on hold
The city had said the encampments would be cleared by 9 a.m. Two members of City Council asked Mayor Jim Kenney to continue negotiations.