Louisiana judge blocks governor’s orders to sweep New Orleans homeless camps before Taylor Swift concerts

A Louisiana justice has temporarily blocked Gov. Jeff Landry’s efforts to wide immoderate much stateless encampments successful New Orleans aft relocating dozens of radical surviving successful tents adjacent the Superdome, wherever Taylor Swift was playing 3 shows implicit the weekend.

Landry utilized Louisiana State Troopers and Department of Wildlife and Fisheries officers to relocate astir 75 radical surviving successful tents beneath an overpass adjacent the venue conscionable days earlier the popular star’s performances attracted an estimated 150,000 radical to the city.

Some stateless radical who were forced to relocate during the sweep, however, filed a suit arguing that authorities troopers violated their law rights by illegally searching, seizing and destroying their property, disposing of their prized possessions and "forcibly herding" them away.

One ineligible perceiver adjacent heard authorities troopers telling the stateless that "the politician wants you to determination due to the fact that of the Taylor Swift concert," the suit alleges.

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Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries agents assistance authorities constabulary arsenic they springiness instructions to radical surviving successful a stateless encampment to determination to a antithetic pre-designated determination arsenic they performed a expanse successful beforehand of a Taylor Swift performance successful New Orleans connected Wednesday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

In effect to the lawsuit, Judge Lori Jupiter granted a impermanent restraining bid connected Friday. The order, successful effect until Nov. 4, directs authorities instrumentality enforcement officials to not "destroy oregon dispose of the spot of unhoused radical without judicial process" and to notify radical successful the "state-sanctioned camp" that they are "free to leave."

State officers connected Wednesday relocated astir 75 stateless radical who lived successful an encampment adjacent a venue hosting 3 Taylor Swift concerts successful New Orleans.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Landry’s orders relocated about 75 radical who were surviving successful a structure encampment connected Calliope Street nether the Pontchartrain Expressway astir 2 blocks away, Louisiana State Police said.

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Landry’s spokeswoman, Kate Kelly, issued a connection to section media saying the determination was meant to code homelessness and information issues successful mentation for the upcoming Taylor Swift concerts connected Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and February's Super Bowl.

City officials successful New Orleans opposed the relocation of the stateless astatine the encampment, arguing it would disrupt advancement successful uncovering long-term, imperishable lodging for those affected. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

"As we hole for the metropolis to big Taylor Swift and Super Bowl LIX, we are committed to ensuring New Orleans puts its champion ft guardant erstwhile connected the satellite stage," Kelly said.

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Officials in New Orleans, however, criticized the sweep, arguing it would disrupt advancement successful uncovering long-term, imperishable lodging for those affected.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.