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A single police officer stood near the former Tent City homeless camp off Akron Drive Thursday afternoon to keep anyone from going back onto the property.
A cleanup crew had finished the job of removing piles of bagged garbage and even the remaining tents that were abandoned on the city-owned property when Winston-Salem officials ordered the residents to leave on Wednesday.
Still, there was plenty of evidence that people had been staying there. Cigarette lighters, ink pens, tent cords and even hypodermic needles lay in the dirt among other assorted small items.
City officials say the death of a man at the camp on Tuesday forced their hands. No further information was available on the death, which local activists said involved an out-of-town man who had just come to the camp and who was found dead in a tent on Tuesday.
Note: The video above aired before the city declared how it would handle the midnight Friday deadline.Winston-Salem officials announced enforcement will not be used to remove individuals at a homeless encampment after the shutdown deadline at midnight Friday.In a wooded area near the corner of Akron Drive and Patterson Avenue is a homeless encampment where about 10 to 20 people lived as of Thursday. As of Friday, there are about 10 people still there, according to the Winston-Salem City Council.Activists said they want to see the city do more to help out the people living there while the city said their goal is to provide them housing. The city said so far they’ve managed to help multiple people who were living there move to the Cities with Dwellings winter shelter. Activists said the city needs to offer more resources. Community members like Arnita Miles and others said they have been trying their best to help those who are experiencing homelessness. “I have been daily br