Super Bowl cleanup targets the homeless

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In Indianapolis, police and social service agencies have begun working to get the city’s downtown homeless population off the streets in preparation for the Super Bowl. Authorities have said there will be no forced relocation, according to The Associated Press. But police have already reportedly focused upon an unofficial homeless camp near the City-County Building, several blocks from Lucas Oil Stadium, which according to WRTV-TV has become a subject for complaints and is considered an eyesore for tourists. “I’ve heard they’re trying to keep people who look homeless from being around where tourists coming from the Super Bowl are,” Bob Ray, a homeless man told the television station. “They’re investing a lot of money in the city and they want it to look all nice and neat.” Indianapolis would not be the first Super Bowl city to take such measures, The AP noted. Dallas strengthened its panhandling laws, while Jacksonville, Fla., set up a temporary shelter far from the festivities.


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