The city was clearing the area around the Ebenezer Baptist church before the MLK Day celebration on Monday<\/p>\n
City workers in Atlanta have killed a man living in a tent while clearing a homeless encampment with construction equipment near Martin Luther King\u2019s famous Georgia church.<\/p>\n
The death of Cornelius Taylor on Thursday afternoon resulted from an effort to reduce the visibility of people without shelter near the city\u2019s historic Ebenezer Baptist church as an accommodation for crowds expected in the area to celebrate King this weekend and on Monday, the federal holiday dedicated to the civil rights leader\u2019s life and legacy. Taylor\u2019s death has infuriated homelessness advocates and prompted a round of soul searching among city leaders.<\/p>\n
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