Georgia woman evicted after black family visits settles with landlords for $150k

[Floyd R. Turbo]

ATLANTA — A Georgia woman evicted for inviting a black family to her house for  playdates with her children will be paid $150,000 by her former landlords to settle a discrimination lawsuit. 

Victoria Sutton filed the complaint in July against Patricia and Allen McCoy of Calhoun, Georgia. Sutton said the couple made racist statements and threatened to physically harm her if she contested the eviction.  

“My landlord’s behavior was not just immoral, it was also illegal,” Sutton said in a statement. “I’m glad to see the McCoys are being held accountable and hope this settlement brings us one step closer to creating a more just society where people of all races can live together without fear.”

Sutton's attorney, Brian Corman, said the McCoys acknowledged they used racial slurs before evicting Sutton and apologized to her. 


https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2020/02/13/georgia-woman-evicted-after-black-family-visits-settles-suit-150-k/4748551002/

[Thomas Hurt]

1. IMHO, the only way you can possibly change a bigots mind is to impoverish them.

People have sued the KKK groups and others in the past decades. Take their money you take their voice and they can't spread their hate.

[FiveGoodMen]

2. Take away their air

I don't think anything else will work.

[Hoyt]

3. Not surprised that happened in Calhoun. Glad lady got settlement.

In 2016, only 16.8% of Gordon County went for Clinton.

[DFW]

4. I would have been FAR more Draconian

I would have ordered a reverse of roles, and awarded ownership of the property to the Suttons, and made the McCoys the renting tenants, warning them to get permission from their landlords to invite white guests.

The law probably doesn't permit that, but boy, I would have liked to see the expressions on the McCoys' faces if such a judgment had been rendered. They could have yelled out "but that is completely unfair!" to which the judge could have responded, "really? What part?"