From Atlanta Journal Constitution

In what some describe as a questionable use of power, Atlanta land bank  officials erased more than $100,000 in taxes, penalties and interest on 13  properties owned by a nonprofit co-founded by Martin Luther King Jr.’s widow  and sister.

The Authority eliminated the back taxes due. But, rather than looking for new  owners, as the law intended, the authority returned the lots to the same  entity that failed to pay, an investigation by The Atlanta  Journal-Constitution has found