Ken Gabel said Los Angeles police threatened to arrest him last month if he didn't clear out his skid row camp. So he agreed to walk with an officer to a nearby warehouse where homeless people can store their belongings to sign up for a storage bin.
When they returned, some of the parts he uses to repair bikes for other homeless people had been tossed into a trash truck, Gabel said.
Also present, Gabel recalled, were two "officers" — employees of the local business improvement district — who pulled out a "voluntary property release" form.
Unsure if the black-shirted officers were police, Gabel said he felt intimidated and signed the form.