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[–] 117 points 5 months ago (9 children)

90 years ago when the sherrif showed up to evict people like this...

The neighbors were already there with shotguns.

If the sherrif didn't turn around, the county was soon having to vote for a new sherrif. And they usually voted for one that wouldnt even leave their office for an eviction call.

If anything ever went to trial out of it, juries were very unlikely to convict.

Sometimes people need to just stop giving any fucks. And we're kind of getting there again...

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  • [–] 34 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    It's a crime to "brandish" a firearm because police can't accept others having the same powers they do.

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  • [–] 24 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    There's a reason people carry rifles to protests...

    It's normal carry, it's not brandishing

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  • [–] 94 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    She got 6 months but will only do 2 more weeks because she was held without bail.

    America is the toilet of jurisprudence.

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  • [–] 32 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    The incident happened in 2022 and it's only now that she got convicted? Is that what America calls "the right to a speedy trial"?

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  • [–] 20 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    You have the right to a speedy trial, but most people do not invoke it because you want your lawyer to build a defense. You can waive a lot of stuff, including the right to a trial by jury itself, and just go right in front of a judge if you want, but he's almost certainly going to find you guilty.

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  • [–] 14 points 5 months ago

    The cops also like to keep people in jail if they think they'll lose the case, because at least the person will serve some time, even if they eventually get found not guilty. For example, Casey Anthony, who was found not guilty, but still spent 3 years in jail, which is about what she would have gotten had they convicted her of child neglect, instead of Capital murder, without even knowing the cause of death.

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  • [–] 81 points 5 months ago (6 children)

    “This was unlike anything our team has ever experienced,” Nick Cocchi, the Hampden county sheriff, said of the incident, which was captured on video released by his office and posted to YouTube by MassLive.

    Oh, so let me get this straight: Six months of jail time for weaponizing apian assault on badge-wearing servants of capital, but absolutely zero consequences for the systemic, routine devastation of booting an 80-year-old cancer patient out of his house so some predatory lending vulture can liquidate his assets. The sheriff found the bee incident “unlike anything our team has ever experienced.” Yeah buddy, because you experience housing destruction so fucking regularly it doesn’t even register as anomalous anymore. It’s background radiation at this point. Just another Tuesday enforcing the financial rape of sick people. “We try to help people through difficult situations,” Cocchi said, while literally being the instrument of their most difficult situation. That’s some real I’m very sorry for this but I’m going to do it anyway energy. “We’re compassionate genocidalists” is basically what you’re saying. Rebecca Woods showed up with an actual physical manifestation of “NO” and the state’s response was to break her face into pavement and jail her for six months. But the eviction? Chef’s kiss. Totally cool, totally legal, totally normal. The fact that his statement treats getting swarmed by bees as the shocking aberration rather than, I dunno, the routine judicial destruction of someone’s life is just peak American law enforcement tunnel vision. You know what’s “unprecedented”? Actually giving a shit about the person you’re destroying. Woods failed, the guy lost his home, and everyone’s fine with that. That’s the part that should be “unlike anything we’ve experienced.“​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    FUCK THESE PIGS

    FUCK THIS SYSTEM

    STING ALL THE FUCKING PIGS

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago

    I think you hit on the real problem. Why does the law in that state allow for an eviction before the judge hears the case?
    And why is there not a safety net that would ensure the best interests of both the rentor and the rentee? It would cost a lot less for sure. And everyone involved would be happier.

    That said, these vops showed far better restraint than we usually see. Many would have just shot her immediately. Small step forward, but still a step foreward.

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    [–] 61 points 5 months ago

    Idk why she's being sentenced to anything. It is not illegal to release bees. What the bees do after release is not the responsibility of the keeper. Nature is self balancing. Obviously the cops were upsetting the natural order and should issue a public apology and avoid evicting elderly people. Or at least wear bee keeping gear while they do it.

    Or just go jump in a fire for considering it to begin with.

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  • [–] 61 points 5 months ago (1 child)
  • [–] 51 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (12 children)

    So, why are the public authorities involved in private evictions at all?

    BTW:

    The court heard that Woods was told during the encounter that some deputies were allergic to bees, and that she replied: “Oh, you’re allergic? Good!”

    🤣🤣🤣

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  • [+] 30 points 5 months ago (7 children)
  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (6 children)

    Yeah, but the alternative now is a private sector dedicated to forcibly removing people from places. I agree with your sentiment, I personally think cops need to be reminded of the fact they're civil servants, but I also don't want private security conducting evictions.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    Sorry, no. The alternative is to not have private ownership of capital. Why do so many people who fully know how terrible capitalism is just refuse to imagine a world without it?

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    [–] 44 points 5 months ago
    [–] 42 points 5 months ago* (10 children)

    This woman did nothing wrong.

    Also this reveals cops have a pokemon style weakness to bugs because they can't shoot them. Honestly we should be weaponizing bug swarms more. Maybe collect some bullet ants in a container that would break if people busted down your door.

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    [–] 32 points 5 months ago (1 child)
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    This is what a real patriot looks like.

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  • [+] 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
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    Imagine reading this story and thinking the cops are the good guys.

    Goddamn conservatives need to be removed from society.

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  • [–] 14 points 5 months ago (7 children)

    I got swarmed as a kid, and got several dozen bee stings. It was probably the most terrifying episode of my life, but I was fine.

    I'm glad those Apes got a taste of that terror. A few bee stings never hurt anyone. They deserve it.

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  • [–] 13 points 5 months ago (6 children)

    I agree with you but a few bee stings have definitely killed a lot of people.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago
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    Allergic cops attract bees.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago

    Gahhh! The situation has only been made worse by the addition of yet more bees!

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    weaponized bees!

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