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ScratchCat

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2. I know some people wont want to hear it, but
Thu Mar 21, 2024, 11:32 AM
Mar 2024

There is almost always "more to the story" in these "squatter" incidents. And they always involve unoccupied houses. This whole "squatter" nonsense is also a right wing narrative trying to convince the population that immigrants can just walk into your house while you are at work and then it belongs to them. Not the case. This nonsense is hyped to the extreme. In this case, the woman's mistake was not calling the police before entering the home. You call the law and say you arrived at your home to fins someone in it, and it's not going to be seen as a "landlord/tenant" dispute. Further, the story is confusing because it says the police escorted the two individuals she found out of the home. If the police decided it was a landlord/tenant dispute, then they would not have escorted the men out. So, there is more here.

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That is the kind of thing that costs Democrats elections exboyfil Mar 2024 #1
What does this have to do with Democrats? Elessar Zappa Mar 2024 #7
Who got such laws enacted in the first place? Stinky The Clown Mar 2024 #8
those laws r common all over the country. mopinko Mar 2024 #17
It's the kind of thing that right wing media likes to harp about. progressoid Mar 2024 #11
I know some people wont want to hear it, but ScratchCat Mar 2024 #2
What is the "more"? former9thward Mar 2024 #6
Sue there is ScratchCat Mar 2024 #14
Oh FFS it's not just a right wing meme. BannonsLiver Mar 2024 #9
Yea, they escorted the men out but after she changed the locks she was arrested. that does not make sense Maraya1969 Mar 2024 #12
Paying the utilities is the least of it. former9thward Mar 2024 #3
The system needs to protect homeowners too Johnny2X2X Mar 2024 #4
being w/o rent checks for more than a few mos can absolutely crush a small landlord. mopinko Mar 2024 #18
So what are signed leases for? Think. Again. Mar 2024 #5
Kick XanaDUer2 Mar 2024 #10
I just posted my own squatter story yesterday. Here is the link Maraya1969 Mar 2024 #13
I thought of you when I read this Marthe48 Mar 2024 #15
i got bit like that once, but not as bad. mopinko Mar 2024 #19
Shockingly enough, landlords are sometimes *ssholes, too. unblock Mar 2024 #16
Prosecutors are charging Brian Rodriguez with burglary, grand larceny, and other crimes. Dr. Strange Apr 2024 #20
As Gomer Pyle would say ripcord Apr 2024 #21
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