DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtlantaGeorgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtlantaGeorgia</span></a> rethinks clearing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HomelessCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomelessCamps</span></a> after a man is crushed inside his tent</p><p> By JEFF MARTIN<br>Updated 3:39 PM EST, January 31, 2025</p><p>ATLANTA (AP) — "Atlanta leaders are reconsidering how they dismantle homeless camps after a man was crushed inside a tent as a bulldozer destroyed makeshift homes in preparation for Martin Luther King Jr. holiday events.</p><p>"Cornelius Taylor was living in the camp a few blocks from Ebenezer Baptist Church, the King family’s congregation, where dignitaries gather for each year’s commemorative service. A march was held from downtown to the church that same weekend.</p><p>"Now, Taylor’s family is planning a Monday funeral at the same historic church, and then a horse-drawn carriage will carry his coffin to City Hall so that people there 'can see who they killed,' said his sister, Darlene Chaney.</p><p>"The U.S. Supreme Court [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>] ruled last year that cities across the country can enforce bans on homeless camping. But clearing the camps — as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewOrleans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewOrleans</span></a> did ahead of Taylor Swift’s concerts there — remains controversial."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/homeless-atlanta-ebenezer-mlk-ff421e31ebc13dc53919190074931c42" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/homeless-at</span><span class="invisible">lanta-ebenezer-mlk-ff421e31ebc13dc53919190074931c42</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SoaringRents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoaringRents</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnaffordableHousing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnaffordableHousing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AffordableHousing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AffordableHousing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HousingForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HousingForAll</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EvictTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EvictTheRich</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TinyHouses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TinyHouses</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Unhoused" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unhoused</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EmptyOfficeBuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmptyOfficeBuildings</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EmptyMalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmptyMalls</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoExcuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoExcuse</span></a>!</p>