Man killed by bulldozers clearing homeless camp ahead of Martin Luther King Day A homeless man has been killed as workers cleared a homeless encampment ahead of a major US holiday.
The homeless camp close to the historic Ebenezer Baptist church in Atlanta, Georgia, was being cleared ahead of the city’s Martin Luther King Day celebration.
@FOX5Atlanta] Large crowds are expected to flood to the church to mark the holiday dedicated to the life and civil rights achievements of Martin Luther King Jr, with events held in and around the church over the weekend and on Monday.
Martin Luther King Jr preached at Ebenezer Baptist church as co-pastor with his father between 1960-1968, and he was also baptised there, making it a major venue for MLK Day events.
Anthony Richardson, who lived in the same encampment, told Fox 5 his tent was ‘right behind’ Cornelius’, and that his friend may have been asleep when city workers announced they were clearing out the camp.
