Mayor Dickens called for city council “to conduct a complete review of encampment closures, rehousing, and how we care for the unsheltered,” and he also called for a moratorium on all homeless encampment sweeps while the city figures out a plan.

Advocates for Atlanta's unsheltered population are calling on city officials to reconsider the safety, efficacy and humanity of encampment sweeps after the tragic death of Cornelius Taylor over the Martin Luther King Jr.

Councilmember Liliana Bakhtiari has introduced legislation to put a moratorium on encampment sweeps. It comes after calls for change to how the city handles the unhoused population following the death of Corneilus Taylor.

On January 16, city vehicles entered an area along Old Wheat Street, directly across from Ebenezer Baptist Church, where a homeless encampment stood. Tragedy struck when one vehicle drove over a tent before it was confirmed that it was unoccupied.