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W.B. Braxton Bantu, aka “Scout Leader Bat,” one of the rally organizers, stands at the entrance to the emergency overflow shelter last Friday night.

W.B. Braxton Bantu, aka “Scout Leader Bat,” one of the rally organizers, stands at the entrance to the emergency overflow shelter last Friday night.

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Protesters seek year-round city-run homeless shelter

About 30 members of the city’s homeless community, advocates for homeless people and other concerned residents gathered behind the city’s old Public Safety Building early last Friday evening for a rally and sleep-in protest at the entrance of the emergency overflow shelter.