Unhoused people have property rights, too

In the years Faith Kearns spent living unsheltered on Phoenix’s streets, she had all kinds of belongings taken during sweeps of the public areas where she was staying. Kearns said police or city workers took, and often destroyed, her property-her birth certificate, the Visa card she used to access her disability income, medications, and the tent where she lived, reports The Marshall Project.

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