Re:Homeowner arrested after trying to evict squatters from h...
by edrxty on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @11:37PM
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Technically that's the way it should be. Just because one person looks homeless and the other looks like they're headed to the country club itself doesn't indicate one is more trustworthy than the other.
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Re:Homeowner arrested after trying to evict squatters from h...
by bmitc on Thursday August 17, 2023 @12:09AM
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That's a bit hyperbolic. Drugs are an illegal substance to possess and at least two people have fatally overdosed in this home. Information is information.
And it shouldn't "technically" be the way that it should be that a property homeowner is forcefully removed from their property.
Re:Homeowner arrested after trying to evict squatters from h...
by edrxty on Thursday August 17, 2023 @10:58AM
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To be clear, the police were fucking stupid in this situation, but that's not the context here. They were literally arguing that appearance should dictate police response.
Re:Homeowner arrested after trying to evict squatters from h...
by bmitc on Thursday August 17, 2023 @04:25PM
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That's not exactly what I said. I can see the argument about appearance discrepancies, and I concede that, but note that I didn't argue that solely. Nonetheless, information is information and there are likelihoods associated with that information. You have druggies and prostitutes with guns inside a home (that is extremely likely to be unkept) and a person claiming that they are the property owner and that the people inside are illegal squatters. I'm not sure how all of that funnels into an arrest of the property owner, which is what I was getting at.