The City of Birmingham on Tuesday announced that it had removed homeless people who had been camping in Linn Park downtown across from City Hall, prompting criticism on social media.

“For the last two weeks, city staff have taken complaints regarding unhoused residents in Linn Park,” the city announced Tuesday afternoon. “For several days we sent HEART Birmingham to engage. One person in particular refused to remove his tent.”

Heart Birmingham is an outreach led by Urban Alchemy, which has a contract with the city to respond to homeless issues.

“Please note, tents are not allowed in the city parks without approval from the Park Board,” the city said in its Facebook post Tuesday afternoon.

The city later updated its post with more details about a confrontation:

“Over the last two weeks

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