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Family of man killed after his tent was crushed by a bulldozer sues Atlanta | Atlanta

Georgia of city workers, during the sweeping of a homeless camp in Atlanta, the family of a man who was killed after crushing his tent with a bulldozer, called “tragic and prevented” against the city on Friday.

The case opened by Cornelius Taylor’s sister and son claims that he could not see if there was any of the tents in the camp before using a bulldozer to clean the January 16 scan of the city workers. The 46 -year -old Taylor was in one of the tents and says he was crushed by the truck when his tent was flattened.

City officials called for the cleaning of the camp while preparing for Martin Luther King Jr Holiday. The camp was away from the Ebenezer Baptist Church, which was preached by King. A autopsy report later revealed that Taylor’s pelvic bone was broken and damaged organs and internal bleeding.

“A tent occupied by a person was crushed by this heavy equipment. This is clearly wrong,” he said. “Nobody looked into the tent, and if someone who looked into it had taken 10 seconds to do it, this tragedy could be prevented. And if you don’t know what happened inside, you won’t crush it.”

The case filed at the Fulton District State Court requested a jury trial and requesting a refund for undeserved damages, also medical expenses, funeral costs and legal fees. It was opened against the city and the seven unnamed city employee, including the driver of the Bulduzer.

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens’s spokesman, “Mr. Taylor is a tragedy” but said he could not comment on the waiting case.

Last year, the US Supreme Court decided that cities throughout the country could apply prohibitions in the homeless camp. However, openings are controversial.

Taylor’s death led to anger between local defenders and neighbors in the camp, and called on inhuman cleaning policies of the city’s camps. They said that the city was facing a terrible reasonable price shortage of reasonable price that makes people inevitable to live on the streets.

“Sweeping is a stopping measure to try to reflect a wrong, sterilized vision of Atlanta because it has not been able to control the city tents before,” Housing Justice League lawyer group activists said. He said. “Taylor and everyone living in the streets deserve much more than going out for the MLK weekend festivals. Everyone deserves to live with dignity.”

The lawyers of the family described the case as a call they deserved “respect and dignity” as if they deserve “respect and dignity için to homeless people.

Typically, the city sends social workers and social assistance teams to camps for months before giving a final order to evacuate. These teams are working to place people in shelters and ultimately permanent houses.

Cathryn Vassell, CEO of the city’s homeless organization, has been working with people in the camp since April 2024 and placed in many shelters.

City officials said they took care to give priority to the safety and dignity of unjust individuals. Immediately after Taylor’s death, the city put a temporary moratorium on the camp sweeps. However, when the FIFA World Cup came to Atlanta next year, the city continued to clean the camps with the aim of eliminating all the homelessness in the city center.

Last week, the city closed the camp where Taylor lived and said that the authorities coordinated with non -local non -profit organizations to provide housing with supportive services to people living there.

Lawyers said they were grateful for the city’s efforts, but there was a need for more work. Cornelius Taylor Coalition Justice Members, eight former camp residents are still paying for hotel rooms, he said. Taylor’s lawyers and family called on Dickens’ management to cut the bureaucracy like problems with documents and help others buy housing.

Taylor’s sister Darlene Chaney was torn at a press conference on Friday, when he announced the case when he re -listed the explanations of the terrible injuries of the lawyers’ brother.

He said Taylor likes to read everything from science fiction to the Bible. The authority was willing to leave the camp to rebuild his life, and it remained positive even when he slowed down this process, such as getting an identity. He misses his weekly “annoying” calls and now he said he was only a brother who would bother him. He lives two.

“We are here, just because it is lazy in my own personal opinion, Ca said Chaney.

George Chidi contributed to reporting

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