Heartbreaking Footage: Dateline Follows Police Evicting Families From Their Homes

Posted by Nico Pitney, Huffington Post at 10:31 AM on March 16, 2009.

Chris Hansen traveled around the country interviewing the families who were being removed from their homes.

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Dateline NBC correspondent Chris Hansen traveled around the country, riding along with police who were carrying out evictions, and interviewing the families who were being removed from their homes.

The footage is emotional, take a look:

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Hansen then returned to visit with one of the families, which moved into a neighbor's home, who itself was evicted:

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Nico Pitney is National Editor at the Huffington Post.