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A six-month-old baby found in Nashville’s homeless encampment sparked national attention — a councilmember stayed with the infant in a police car for three hours to keep him cool as temps soared past 100. The child was handed to child services, while parents were arrested for outstanding warrants, not neglect. This heartbreaking case reopened wounds from past tragedies, including a child’s death from fentanyl in an encampment. Officials grapple with balancing compassion for the unhoused with the urgent need to protect children from dangerous conditions — a tension that’s played out repeatedly over the last four years, with multiple children removed from encampments and parents charged with neglect during extreme weather. The episode underscores the city’s struggle to safeguard the most vulnerable while confronting the systemic roots of homelessness.

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