ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—In the shade of a tall fence along Central Avenue, a group of homeless people lingered in Albuquerque’s troubled International District as three squad cars and a medical vehicle swept onto the scene.
Police and first responders moved in quickly, scattering the group as a homeless woman began shouting epithets from the middle of the street.
Matthew, a resident of a nearby halfway house, stood at the edge of the turmoil and watched as the situation unfolded.
“They’re just making people leave, man,” he said, frowning.
“They give you a chance to leave. If you don’t leave, they give you another chance. If you don’t leave again, they just run your name.”…