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SCantiGOP

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14. There are a lot of horrible stories out there
Sun Oct 16, 2022, 10:32 PM
Oct 2022

A woman in public housing in Columbia SC had her repeat offender son come by one night asking her to let him stay for the night. Neighbors reported that they heard her screaming at him to leave. He had stolen from her previously and she had told him not to come back unless he got clean and got a job.

He was stopped on the sidewalk outside the apartment complex. He said he was just visiting his Mom, but they found he had an outstanding warrant, and a search found several bags of crack.
Within a few days, she had been told to vacate her apartment in 48 hours, and that she was no longer eligible for public housing for allowing a
criminal to come into the property.
An old lady went from responsible citizen to homeless in a matter of days.

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That's some bullshit right there. nt intrepidity Oct 2022 #1
WTH?? AllyCat Oct 2022 #2
That's the... 2naSalit Oct 2022 #3
What?!?!? PatSeg Oct 2022 #4
This is horrible. Must be unconstitutional Joinfortmill Oct 2022 #5
But if they'd stolen dozens of boxes of classified materials they'd be walking free Orrex Oct 2022 #6
Amen. SuperCoder Oct 2022 #19
This type of "law and order" ordinance is a cop favorite and is rooted in Jim Crow laws. FTP. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2022 #7
Also in Nixon's War on Drugs Warpy Oct 2022 #10
Geeeebz. electric_blue68 Oct 2022 #18
Oh. Damn. electric_blue68 Oct 2022 #17
K&R Solly Mack Oct 2022 #8
So will the Trump kids be going to prison with dad ? and jared RANDYWILDMAN Oct 2022 #9
Pretty outrageous way to keep people poor. mountain grammy Oct 2022 #11
Three Generations of Punishment TheProle Oct 2022 #12
time for Fed Justice to step up bringthePaine Oct 2022 #13
There are a lot of horrible stories out there SCantiGOP Oct 2022 #14
WTF?! That's outrageous! electric_blue68 Oct 2022 #15
Original sin,,, the original collective punishment keithbvadu2 Oct 2022 #16
I see a lawsuit in the future for the Police Department.... William Gustafson Oct 2022 #20
Should be some lawyers drooling over this. Even treason doesn't "work corruption of blood". Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2022 #21
That's absurd. GoodRaisin Oct 2022 #22
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