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Just days after the incident, Sheet Metal Workers Local Union #9 called for an outside investigation to be conducted.

Residents of a Denver community have tried to stop a local pastor and nonprofit from setting up a managed campsite for local homeless individuals.

Homeless camp in church parking lot? Denver neighbors say, 'No way' Vicky Collins © Provided by NBC News DENVER — A plan to help homeless people during the pandemic by letting them set up camp in a church parking lot has forced residents in an affluent neighborhood to question their progressive values and commitment to helping ease social ills. Advocates said unsheltered people were being left behind in Covid-19 mitigation efforts, so they devised a plan to provide safe outdoor spaces where homeless people could access meals, medical care and other services. But when Pasto...

South Park Hill, one of the wealthiest sections of Denver, could soon have a safe-camping site located within its boundaries. And advocates are hopeful that having affluent Denverites see homelessness up close could help build more citywide empathy for those living on the streets. "I actually believe that putting this project in Park Hill is good for the entire city of Denver, because it forces us to have a conversation that we’ve only been having in certain parts of town and identify this as a citywide issue that requires action on all of our parts," says Cole Chandler, director of the Col...