The city of Fort Worth has started breaking up a homeless camp, using heavy equipment to clear the area and force more than 80 adults and children to abandon most of their belongings.
Activists on Saturday took some individuals to assistance centers or hotels. Others at the site are expected to move to alternate hiding places outdoors near the camp and a cluster of homeless shelters.
City code enforcement officer Brian Bennett says Fort Worth breaks up between 100 and 120 homeless camps each year.
The homeless people, some of whom had put together shacks while squatting on private property in a wooded area, were moved for code violations.
One man, David Miller, was demolishing his shack to scrap the metal.
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