Mayor Andre Dickens is calling for a temporary pause on the clearing of homeless encampments after a man died during a closure earlier this month.

The announcement comes amid calls for changes to the city’s homeless strategy after a sweep by city workers left a man dead.

ATLANTA — Mayor Andre Dickens is responding to community organizers calling for the city to stop sweeps of homeless encampments after a man died last week. Mayor Dickens released a video on his ...

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Atlanta is set to pause the clearing of homeless encampments after a man in his 40s was killed by a city truck when his camp was removed. Mayor Andre Dickens is speaking out following the death of ...