Why are homeless people fighting back against NYPD shelter raids?
In May, police from the 24th Precinct raided a homeless shelter on the Upper West Side at 4AM, running residents for warrants and arresting 22 people - but in all the press coverage, there is no indication of a shred of probable cause! This kind of unconstitutional police behavior is exactly the kind of illegal action we feared would happen when Mayor de Blasio appointed known anti-homeless bigot Bill Bratton (who in the past has spoken of "the violence and disorder of that population," and promised to "flush them off the street") to be NYPD commissioner.
Here's Jean Rice, PTH member and legal scholar extraordinaire, explaining what's wrong with NYPD shelter raids...