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Bay Area homeowners are hiring a sword-wielding man to help them kick squatters out of empty properties: ‘The average squatter has no melee experience’ (www.independent.co.uk)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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[–] 41 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I assume it's a joke, but the guy said professional tactical gear and firearms apparently, as well as teargas and such. If he's not joking I'd say their odds of going to prison are pretty good. Premeditating and provoking a situation with deadly weapons instead of contacting actual authorities and following the laws/procedure doesn't seem like it would work out well for anyone.

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  • [–] 21 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Isn't that the exact gear that cops use to break up homeless encampments?

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  • [–] 22 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Whether we like it or not, those cops are the proper procedure/authorities in said situation. Thus they are allowed by law. I can't just hire a neighbor to show up to a homeless camp with said gear and expect when something goes wrong for them not to get arrested for murder/battery, and probably be arrested for something else. Paying them to do so probably has a different terminology than an accessory. Might fall under the rico shit, not sure

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago*

    Eh, bounty hunting is an entire industry.

    So are all kinds of private security.

    Wouldn't be that hard to just create some new class of crime that can legally be dealt with by people or agencies with the proper licensing, then shunt off encampment clearing to basically PMCs.

    Then you just tie in existing apps that city governments or police put out, to report encampments, tie that into a conctracting system.

    Its the most neoliberal solution to homelessness that can exist, therefore, just give it a couple years.

    Works well with the prison industrial complex too!

    Trump did say, and has been, settting up massive internment camps for the homeless.

    Why not spread some of the money around to some new enterprising startups? Helps make it not look like a no bid contract situation.

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