Is a Tarp a Home?

Is a Tarp a Home? Inside the Case That Could Protect Homeless People Against Unwarranted Police Searchesby Heidi GrooverWilliam Pippin was still sleeping when the cops showed up around 10:30 a.m. At the edge of town in Vancouver, Washington, near a set of railroad tracks and a steel foundry, Pippin had strung a camouflage tarp between a guardrail and a chain-link fence.It was a mild November morning. Police rapped on the tarp, notifying him and other homeless people in the area they would soon h