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RICHMOND, Va. -- The ACLU of Virginia has filed a Freedom of Information Act Request with the Virginia Department of Transportation seeking information about the destruction of an encampment of homeless men along an interstate highway.

Virginia State Police say the homeless men were given proper notice that they were trespassing on state-owned property and their belongings would be seized if they did not move.

According to the ACLU, a company under contract with VDOT destroyed a homeless encampment along Interstate 81 at Exit 315 near Winchester. At least four homeless men had been using the property for months when road maintenance crews demolished the encampment.

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