Late Monday morning, seven activists — including two Yale students and one unhoused individual — were arrested on New Haven Green for criminal trespass in the first degree, disorderly conduct, interfering with an officer and violating the city ordinance against erecting temporary structures in parks as a part of an ongoing encampment protesting New Haven’s homelessness policies. The arrests followed nearly two weeks of tensions between the city and encampment participants, who felt New Haven Police Department’s early Monday intervention was unjust and timed to exploit participants’ vulnerability.
Officers confront Unhoused Activist Community Team lead organizer Mark Colville about tents in violation with a New Haven ordinance.
NHPD approaches another activist about an unauthorized tent pitched in protest of the city’s history of encampment sweeps and homelessness policy.
Officers detain Sean Gargamelli-McCreight, an advocate for New Haven’s unhoused community, and escort him to a police car.
Adam Nussbaum ’25, who has been supporting the encampment with Yale’s Endowment Justice Collective, is arrested after refusing to abandon his tent.
Sergeant Justin Cole, who leads the NHPD’s Crowd Control team, removes a large cardboard structure before removing tents and arresting their occupants.
Contact Lily Belle Poling at lily.poling@yale.edu.