Atlanta asks itself if killing Cornelius Taylor, a homeless man steps from Martin Luther King Jr's historic church, is worth appeasing visitors, state lawmakers and local developers.
Many in the unhoused community find love and acceptance through dogs and cats. It's imperative that along with solutions for those seeking safer spaces options are provided for their pets. I have personally known unhoused people who will not leave their communities without their animals. Solutions need to take this into account so more people, and animals, can find safe living options.
I live less than a mile away from where this happened. Honestly, I didn’t know that much about the actual details until I saw your article. Thank you for sharing this story. It shines a light on the many difficulties faced by some of our fellow human beings. At the same time, an acquaintance of mine owns business in the area, so I understand there is some frustration with the encampment area. (For the record, I couldn’t care less about the developers). It’s a complicated issue and I am not so naive to think that there are easy answers. But surely bulldozing an encampment without at least double (and triple) checking tents and shelters is a basic human decency we can extend. Kudos to the people out there trying to help the unhoused community.
Many in the unhoused community find love and acceptance through dogs and cats. It's imperative that along with solutions for those seeking safer spaces options are provided for their pets. I have personally known unhoused people who will not leave their communities without their animals. Solutions need to take this into account so more people, and animals, can find safe living options.
That's a well-understood phenomenon. Most new shelter construction takes animal welfare into account for exactly this reason.
I live less than a mile away from where this happened. Honestly, I didn’t know that much about the actual details until I saw your article. Thank you for sharing this story. It shines a light on the many difficulties faced by some of our fellow human beings. At the same time, an acquaintance of mine owns business in the area, so I understand there is some frustration with the encampment area. (For the record, I couldn’t care less about the developers). It’s a complicated issue and I am not so naive to think that there are easy answers. But surely bulldozing an encampment without at least double (and triple) checking tents and shelters is a basic human decency we can extend. Kudos to the people out there trying to help the unhoused community.