Matt Reynolds

1 month ago | ajc.com | Matt Reynolds

The man accused of slashing tents at a homeless encampment last week appeared to be carrying a firearm and had been threatening and harassing people for two weeks before the incident, according to court records. The warrants were signed March 8 against 42-year-old Daniel Barnett, who also goes by the name Davinci Barcelo.

1 month ago | ajc.com | Matt Reynolds

The Atlanta Police Department has identified the man accused of slashing tents last week at the same homeless encampment where Cornelius Taylor died after a construction vehicle struck him while clearing the site in January. The suspect, Daniel Barnett, 42, also goes by the name Davinci Barcelo. He is the head of Sweet Auburn Frontline Enforcement, or SAFE, which offers private security services and says it patrolsand cleans up public streets.

1 month ago | thederrick.com | Matt Reynolds

ATLANTA — On Jan. 16, when a Department of Public Works crew swept a homeless encampment at Old Wheat Street, it was under the auspices of a policy to preserve the dignity of the people who call it home. By the end of the day, Cornelius Taylor, a 46-year-old man living at the camp, was dead. Judging by an interview with a Fulton County pathologist, he was likely crushed under the weight of heavy machinery used to clear the site.

1 month ago | swoknews.com | Matt Reynolds

ATLANTA — On Jan. 16, when a Department of Public Works crew swept a homeless encampment at Old Wheat Street, it was under the auspices of a policy to preserve the dignity of the people who call it home. By the end of the day, Cornelius Taylor, a 46-year-old man living at the camp, was dead. Judging by an interview with a Fulton County pathologist, he was likely crushed under the weight of heavy machinery used to clear the site.

1 month ago | ajc.com | Matt Reynolds

The Atlanta Housing Authority broke ground Wednesday on a new mixed-income housing development at Bowen Homes, the site of Atlanta’s last public housing project. At a morning ceremony, Mayor Andre Dickens recalled how he visited Bowen in the Carey Park neighborhood to see friends when he was at Mays High School, and before the city razed it in 2009.