More than 100 protesters on Thursday packed onto a strip of green space in the shadow of downtown’s Rio Grande building, a place protesters called “The Island.”
It divides traffic on 500 West near the Road Home shelter, and just over two years ago, there wouldn’t have been much room to stand. The area was home to hundreds of people experiencing homelessness, keeping them close to available resources.
“All it did was kind of spread the problem out to other areas," he said, adding, “If anyone knows anything about this operation: They did solve crime — in Rio Grande.