Tag: Sweet Auburn Frontline Enforcement

Cornelius Taylor, 46, was killed on the morning of January 16, when a front loader truck struck him inside his tent during an attempted clearing of the homeless encampment where he was living. The tragedy sent shock waves through Atlanta and ignited a fierce debate over how the city handles the residents of homeless encampments. How did a supposedly routine encampment clearance go so wrong—and how can the city prevent it from happening again?