National Park Service employees have torn down dozens of tents in Washington's McPherson Square. Unhoused campers were warned they would be arrested if they resisted.
National Park Service employees swept through a large homeless encampment three blocks from the White House on Wednesday, tearing down dozens of tents and warning that people who resisted would be subject to arrest.
The encampment in McPherson Square has grown steadily over the last year, to about 50 tents before they were removed Wednesday. Many living there said they came after encampments in other parts of downtown Washington were cleared out by the federal Park Service or the city government. The Park Service, which has jurisdiction over McPherson Square and large swaths of other green space across the city, had originally announced plans to clear the square in April. But the deputy mayor for health and human services, Wayne Turnage, requested that the date be moved up by two months, saying the encampment was an imminent public health hazard.
Police sealed off the park Wednesday morning and repeatedly announced over a loudspeaker that the space would be closed down and those who refused to leave would risk arrest. As the 10 a.m. deadline approached, representatives from a coalition of charitable groups helped gather up and label people’s belongings and haul them off in a rental truck.
Washington’s robust homeless population has long presented a quandary for Mayor Muriel Bowser’s government. The campers frequently move their tents between city and National Park Service land, taking advantage of the district’s jurisdictional complexities.
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