October 8, 2012

Retired Atlanta police Det. Jaqueline Barber wipes a tear during a news interview while standing with members of Occupy Atlanta and fellow officers outside Barber’s home Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Fayetteville, Ga. Less than a year after Occupy Atlanta members clashed with police in riot gear in a downtown park, they’re now protesting alongside officers to help Barber avoid losing her home to foreclosure. Barber said she is under threat of eviction after her medical bills mounted, partly because of a diagnosis of multiple myeloma, a form of blood cell cancer. If she’s evicted along with her daughter and four grandchildren, she expects that she will be homeless.

Retired Atlanta police Det. Jaqueline Barber, right, is embraced by former co-worker Robyn Anderson in the home Barber shares with her daughter and four grandchildren Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Fayetteville, Ga. Less than a year after Occupy Atlanta members clashed with police in riot gear in a downtown park, they’re now protesting alongside officers to help Barber avoid losing her home to foreclosure. Barber said she is under threat of eviction after her medical bills mounted, partly because of a diagnosis of multiple myeloma, a form of blood cell cancer. If she’s evicted, she expects that she will be homeless.

Yhonna Flowers sits in the home she shares with her four children and her mother, retired Atlanta police Det. Jaqueline Barber, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Fayetteville, Ga. Less than a year after Occupy Atlanta members clashed with police in riot gear in a downtown park, they’re now protesting alongside officers to help Barber avoid losing her home to foreclosure. Barber said she is under threat of eviction after her medical bills mounted, partly because of a diagnosis of multiple myeloma, a form of blood cell cancer. If she’s evicted along with her daughter and four granchildren, she expects that she will be homeless.

Retired Atlanta police Det. Jaqueline Barber, right, sifts through bank forms as her daughter Yhonna Flowers, left, talks on the phone while standing with her daughter Choyce, 2, in their home Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Fayetteville, Ga. Less than a year after Occupy Atlanta members clashed with police in riot gear in a downtown park, they’re now protesting alongside officers to help Barber avoid losing her home to foreclosure. Barber said she is under threat of eviction after her medical bills mounted, partly because of a diagnosis of multiple myeloma, a form of blood cell cancer. If she’s evicted along with her daughter and four grandchildren, she expects that she will be homeless.

Coffee mugs hang in the kitchen of retired Atlanta police Det. Jaqueline Barber in the home she shares with her daughter and four grandchildren Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Fayetteville, Ga. Less than a year after Occupy Atlanta members clashed with police in riot gear in a downtown park, they’re now protesting alongside officers to help Barber avoid losing her home to foreclosure. Barber said she is under threat of eviction after her medical bills mounted, partly because of a diagnosis of multiple myeloma, a form of blood cell cancer. If she’s evicted, she expects that she will be homeless.

Chaz Johnson, 10, left, joins his mother Yhonna Flowers, rear, and grandmother, retired Atlanta police Det. Jaqueline Barber, near right, during a news interview along with members of Occupy Atlanta and fellow officers outside Barber’s home Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Fayetteville, Ga. Less than a year after Occupy Atlanta members clashed with police in riot gear in a downtown park, they’re now protesting alongside officers to help Barber avoid losing her home to foreclosure. Barber said she is under threat of eviction after her medical bills mounted, partly because of a diagnosis of multiple myeloma, a form of blood cell cancer. If she’s evicted along with her daughter and four granchildren, she expects that she will be homeless.