The Mayor of Atlanta wants to stop the city camp for the homeless after the incident when witnesses said that two weeks ago they watched a city truck crashing a sleeping man.
According to a Fox 5 Atlanta The report, witnesses described that the public truck of Atlanta City crossed the man while he was sleeping in his tent earlier this month. The Fulton County Medical examiner later identified the victim as 49-year-old Cornelius Taylor.
“The male was transported to a hospital where he was proclaimed a deceased,” Atlanta Police Directorate he said in a statement. “The killing unit responded to the scene and will be the leadership of this investigation into death.”
“I am sad because of this terrible incident and expand my thoughts and prayers of the family of the deceased,” Mayor Andre Dickens said in a statement. “We will review each of our processes and procedures and take every precautionary measure to ensure that this is never happening again, and as we continue our important work to accommodate our unpublished population and bring our neighbors inside.”
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Cornelius Taylor, 49, died after the city of Atlanta cleaned the homeless camp on January 16, 2025. (Fox 5 Atlanta)
In a video posted on his Instagram account last Friday, Dickens also said he was working with Atlanta City Council To introduce a new legislation to resolve the situation.
“This legislation also includes a temporary moratorium to close the camp to allow us time to strengthen our policies and expand our efforts in achievement, ensuring that this work can be done safely and that this tragedy is never repeated,” said Dickens.
Partners for Home, Department of Housing and Urban Development Program, said the camp had a previous notice before the city officials began to clean it.
“Closing in campsites is a dynamic and collaborative procedure that gives a priority of 90 days+ an extensive reach to close to the connection of defective individuals with residential, support and support services before any site is cleaned,” Cathryn Vasell, Executive Director, said for Partners, said in a statement reported by Fox 5.
Dozens of people attended a vigil for Cornelius Taylor, who was killed during the clutch for the homeless, in Atlanta on January 17, 2025. (Fox 5 Atlanta)
Anthony Richardson, who lived on the same homeless camp, where Taylor was killed, confirmed at the local station that City Crews had announced plans to remove the tent, but said the victim probably did not hear the announcement at the time.
“We could hear him snore,” Richardson Fox 5 said.
“My tent was right behind his, that could be if I didn’t leave,” he continued.
A vigil was held for Cornelius Taylor, who was killed during the cleaning of the homeless camp, in Atlanta on January 17, 2025. (Fox 5 Atlanta)
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Atlanta faces some of the worst The crisis of the homeless in the nation. Although the homelessness in the city borders decreased in the last decade, a report on 2024. Partners for home pain during the time recorded an increase of 7% of 2023.
