It was the Rev. Dexter Johnson’s first visit to Occupy Atlanta’s general assembly, the deliberative drum circle in which all the group’s major decisions are made.
“I thought, ‘Now this is strange,’” said the pastor of the Higher Ground Empowerment Center, a 108-year-old congregation in Vine City that just two weeks ago faced eviction by its lien holder. “They looked like a bunch of angry homeless people.”
