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LuckyLib

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3. Oh, please. House owners have not alerted neighbors that they are now

Sun May 6, 2018, 03:53 PM

May 2018

hosting an AB&B? Good grief, this indicates major stupid on so many levels. Not the least of which the police.

My heart goes out to folks who have to put up with this BS.

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People pack up after an Airbnb stay, get police called on them-inc. helicopter-b/c they didn't wave [View all] gollygee May 2018 OP

Always acknowledge your white masters dalton99a May 2018 #1

omg.. Cha May 2018 #43

Sue, and sue again. OnDoutside May 2018 #2

Oh, please. House owners have not alerted neighbors that they are now LuckyLib May 2018 #3

So sorry-- how awful, and a painful end to a holiday dawg day May 2018 #8

They probably didn't tell their neighbors...my neighbor didn't tell me mtngirl47 May 2018 #13

I wouldn't tell my neighbor and my christx30 May 2018 #21

Google the words Airbnb and neighbors jberryhill May 2018 #68

Oh I have no doubt on it. christx30 May 2018 #84

I did a similar thing once jberryhill May 2018 #85

As noted, a lot of AirBNB's are contrary to leases, deeds, insurance and local regulation jberryhill May 2018 #51

I thought AirBnBs had to be permitted? titaniumsalute May 2018 #60

Permits don't enforce themselves jberryhill May 2018 #67

Yeah that makes sense titaniumsalute May 2018 #69

Sue the fuck out of them.. HipChick May 2018 #4

RW media has really helped to stoke the racists' fears malaise May 2018 #5

I can't help but wonder how much Trump has interjected his hate and bigotry procon May 2018 #6

Zero oberliner May 2018 #10

That's absolutely true. Ligyron May 2018 #11

Yep. It's deeper too, sadly. Anon-C May 2018 #12

I cannot disagree with you more(the zero part). He has emboldened the Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #20

Ferret Are Cool.... The_REAL_Ecumenist May 2018 #22

... Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #23

He's made it OK to be outwardly racist..... paleotn May 2018 #32

I agree. Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #34

I respectfully disagree oberliner May 2018 #46

Nodding in agreement. Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #55

Absolutely oberliner May 2018 #70

trump made it cool. barbtries May 2018 #27

I think the tea party movement made it "cool" for them oberliner May 2018 #47

no argument there nt barbtries May 2018 #49

I have seen a change in people since Twitler kimbutgar May 2018 #7

"No, YOU'RE the race traitor-- a traitor to the whole human race." dawg day May 2018 #9

Um. Tipperary May 2018 #52

There fixed it of "Mexican ancestry". kimbutgar May 2018 #65

That's totally true. Neema May 2018 #74

I'm in the same position kimbutgar May 2018 #75

The part I'm having trouble processing is that a cop PoindexterOglethorpe May 2018 #14

Jay Leno told a story. . . Collimator May 2018 #15

I used to live in Albuquerque, New mexico. drray23 May 2018 #17

Good lord. Doesn't surprise me. Lol Hassin Bin Sober May 2018 #83

I've never heard of them, but a HELICOPTER????? Give me a fuckin break!!! Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #18

They have to justify having the helicopter TrogL May 2018 #81

You would be very surprised.... paleotn May 2018 #33

The cops could have been lying Mariana May 2018 #42

I know, huh? My daughter told me last Cha May 2018 #44

I have a friend who had Rez tags obamanut2012 May 2018 #62

Hey folks, I'm an old white guy and I have always done this safeinOhio May 2018 #16

That's nice and I do it too. It should NOT, however, Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #19

"If you smile at me gay texan May 2018 #31

Wooden ships safeinOhio May 2018 #35

... gay texan May 2018 #36

Don't they have REAL crimes and criminals to go after? BigmanPigman May 2018 #24

A bill?? Isn't that what taxes are supposed to be for? AllyCat May 2018 #38

Apparently not. BigmanPigman May 2018 #40

If we have to pay for it, we should get to decide how many officers we get AllyCat May 2018 #41

Maybe there are some advantages to living in a place with an understaffed police department. hunter May 2018 #61

there's a whole long thread on twitter barbtries May 2018 #25

This did not happen to me gollygee May 2018 #26

good. barbtries May 2018 #29

1) The neighbors should know 2) the cops should know what AirBnB is by now, you would think Hekate May 2018 #28

Some people don't tell their neighbors they've started renting on Airbnb jberryhill May 2018 #72

Doesn't this have some parallel to Uber? KY_EnviroGuy May 2018 #77

Some... but very different when your apartment building or neighbor's house becomes a hotel jberryhill May 2018 #79

Once again an infuriating incident of 'living while black': cops called in by f**king wypipo FailureToCommunicate May 2018 #30

This is criminal. This is trampling on human rights. AllyCat May 2018 #37

And if they waved with their phone in their hand mythology May 2018 #39

They messed with the wrong one this time...the girl involved is apparently Bob Marley's Grand child. HipChick May 2018 #45

There are neighborhoods trying to restrict Ilsa May 2018 #48

If they had waved, I'm sure she'd have called the cops because they were brandishing a weapon at her knightmaar May 2018 #50

Here's a video of the person who reported them cannabis_flower May 2018 #53

Perfect! geardaddy May 2018 #76

Time to sue for false arrest weissmam May 2018 #54

I hope she's fined for that fake call. (nt) ehrnst May 2018 #56

Absolutely TNNurse May 2018 #64

We agreed a long time ago we could not ever use airbnb because of potential problems lunasun May 2018 #57

The fuh? lisby May 2018 #58

wow heaven05 May 2018 #59

I would fucking sue the shit out of everyone involved gopiscrap May 2018 #63

One of the victims was Bob Marley's grand-daughter. BumRushDaShow May 2018 #66

As an awful homonym, BobTheSubgenius May 2018 #71

People will end up getting killed over AirBnB.. MicaelS May 2018 #73

Every time frightened white folks call the cops on scary minorities Blue_Tires May 2018 #78

They know, they just don't care. Afromania May 2018 #80

Imagine in Florida during Season HockeyMom May 2018 #82

We were leaving our manufacturing building one night. I was with my husband and small son, as Queen of the Iceni May 2018 #86