Posted on 10/27/2024 10:12:43 PM PDT by Libloather
A judge in Louisiana has temporarily blocked further efforts by state officials to clear homeless encampments in New Orleans — stalling a push that came ahead of three Taylor Swift concerts in the city this weekend.
The effort to relocate about 75 people living in tents beneath an overpass near the Superdome began in the days leading up to pop star’s shows, which could draw 150,000 visitors to the stadium.
Judge Lori Jupiter granted a temporary restraining order on Friday, directing state law enforcement officials to not “destroy or dispose of the property of unhoused people without judicial process” and to notify people in the “state sanctioned camp” that they are “free to leave.”
The order is in effect until Nov. 4.
The judge’s ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed by homeless people who were subject to the sweep. In legal filings, they argued that state troopers violated their constitutional rights by illegally searching, seizing and destroying their property, disposing of their prized possessions and “forcibly herding” them away.
According to the lawsuit, a legal observer overheard state troopers saying “the governor wants you to move because of the Taylor Swift concert.”
State officials have said the residents were being moved to a new location about two blocks away, where unhoused people living in the tourist-heavy French Quarter neighborhood would also be moved.
A spokesperson for Gov. Jeff Landry has said that the effort was meant to address homelessness and safety issues, linking the push to the concerts and February’s Super Bowl, which will take place in the city.
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‘ The order is in effect until Nov. 4.’
Which is the day before Election Day. How telling.
Taylor Swift to the homeless: BE GONE YOU PEASANTS!
No? Well, TS isn't royalty!
Why did you have to be so mean? ;-)
Why Is Taylor Swift’s London Police Escort Causing Bad Blood Within the U.K. Government?
Wonder how many US Dem pols have been getting freebies...?
While the judge may be Amish (or Canadian, as we say in the hospitality business), keep in mind that, almost-certainly, it was TAYLOR SWIFT’s advance crew that initiated the attempt to clean up the streets for the White people from the suburbs coming into the dump to see her.
The indignity of it all!
So how is she now supposed to sing (or do whatever it is that she does) in the presence of poor people???
There shouldn’t be anything such as “homeless camps” but to remove them for this reason is just wrong!
Yes! The Swifties need to see the abject poverty created by the government of their Taylor Swift Candidate Kamalala Harris Brandon Marxist Junta.
#Repeal19
“Kids, you noticing all this plight?”
A broken clock.
No, Boo-boo, she’s not Amish, she’s an Equity hire. Division I - Orleans Civil District Court
https://www.orleanscivildistrictcourt.org/division-i
Judge Lori Jupiter. Division I. OFFICE HOURS - Room 315. Monday through Friday. 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Phone: (504) 407-0280. Fax: (504) 558-0950
This is strange isn’t it? A Dem judge stopping NO from moving homeless that are perceived to be a negative to Taylor Swift concert. Swift is pro Harris.
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