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Dallas Aims to Close ‘Tent City', Send Homeless Packing

A cross wrapped in pink yarn, wilted flowers and an open Bible sit on the spot where a man was stabbed to death last month at Tent City.

“I love you forever,” reads a handwritten message in the Bible.

The memorial to 51-year-old Clifford Murray won’t get to stay for long. His death spurred homeless advocates and city and county officials to move to shut down Dallas’ largest homeless encampment.

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