Las Vegas, NV, November 28 - The City of Las Vegas continued its assault on the homeless by closing “indefinitely” Circle Park, citing “safety concerns.” Around 3:00PM that day in response, four local residents entered Circle Park and were arrested after allegedly refusing to leave.

Quickly after the arrests the City stated that the Circle Park closure would be “temporary,” though no date for reopening the park was given. The City has also refused to indicate how they expect closing the park, without any other changes, will eliminate “safety concerns,” after the park is reopened.

It is widely suspected that the City’s move to close the park was spurred not by safety concerns, but from food sharing, which the City sees as aiding and abetting those suspected of being homeless or otherwise indigent.

All four protesters are currently out of jail, some having been detained for over four days. Three of the four have plead not guilty and will fight the charges; court dates are set for January and March. The ACLU has expressed interest in the case.

The City of Las Vegas is growing increasingly desperate as their attempts to harass and criminalize the homeless have met with stern opposition. Late last month, the discriminatory city ordinance that prohibited sharing food with those that a “reasonable person” would deem to be indigent was struck down in federal court as unconstitutional.