Montreal workers remove homeless tent with woman inside
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The City of Montreal says it will investigate what happened when city workers dismantled a homeless encampment in Jeanne-Mance Park after witnesses say one tent was lifted from the ground with someone inside of it.
The City of Montreal says it will investigate what happened when city workers dismantled a homeless encampment in Jeanne-Mance Park.
Witnesses say one tent was lifted from the ground with someone inside of it.
The city began dismantling the encampment, and workers were about to throw a tent into a garbage truck when someone started screaming "stop!" according to a passerby, who spoke to Noovo Info but did not want to be identified.
The witness said that the city workers seemed indifferent at best.
"They said they were paid by the hour and didn't have time to wait for the lady to get organized," the witness said.
The City of Montreal confirmed that the incident happened to CTV News.
"A neighbor of the camper told us the tent was empty, so our workers started dismantling it, and noticed to their surprise that someone was still inside," the city said in a statement. "The lady was able to gather her belongings before we continued the careful job of dismantling it."
