Albuquerque Is Throwing Out the Belongings of Homeless People, Violating City Policy
by Nicole Santa Cruz
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On a recent morning, Christian Smith ran an errand, leaving a shopping cart carrying everything she owned near the Albuquerque, New Mexico, underpass where she’d been sleeping.
When she returned, the cart was nowhere to be found.