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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 210 points 1 day ago (4 children)

“I’d much rather make a squatter homeless than have a landlord lose property,” James added.

Keeping it classy.

[–] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 61 points 1 day ago (40 children)

wanted to say the same thing. what a dickhead, simping for landlords.

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I thought for sure I was on the onion when I read that line. Sad that it's real

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 11 points 23 hours ago

he smells like a nimby. he probably would be at the place when MILLBRAE(rich white residents) were complaining about converting a former hotel into a liviing space for the impoverished that occured like last year.

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[–] AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 115 points 1 day ago (5 children)

“I’d much rather make a squatter homeless than have a landlord lose property,” Jacobs added.

These are the pieces of shit your politicians listen to every time they increase funding for police enforcement against the homeless, and deny zoning changes, even if it would improve the housing crisis. "theft is always bad no matter what 🤓☝️"

You have to be genuinely mentally ill to believe that someone going homeless is better than someone with more properties than they need to live in losing one of those properties so someone has a place to live.

[–] Phegan@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago

Breaking: local man enjoys licking boots.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 18 points 19 hours ago

Especially empty properties.

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[–] shininghero@pawb.social 111 points 1 day ago (4 children)

...with professional-grade tactical gear.
The gear includes firearms, ballistic full-body armor, flash bangs and smoke grenades, tear gas...

Where the fuck are you sourcing explosives and tear gas as a civilian, and more importantly...
Where can I get some? Purely for home defense, of course. Definitely not wanting it for defrost purposes.

[–] brap@lemmy.world 54 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Plus points for “defrosting” there, very nicely put.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago

It would seem contrary to known physics, but tear gas actually makes frozen water whine like little bitches. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[–] tal@lemmy.today 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Where the fuck are you sourcing explosives and tear gas as a civilian

https://www.keepshooting.com/clear-out-6oz-tear-gas-grenade.html

Clear Out 6oz Tear Gas Grenade

[–] MantisToboggon@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The best part is the 50/50 on if they work or not

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[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Totally legal, all of that. The grenades require a $200 DD stamp each (don't think the smokes do, unsure about tear gas - I know I bought smoke grenades for airsoft all the time back when I played), but everything there is totally legal from your local gun show or Bubba.

[–] BigTuffAl@lemmy.zip 50 points 1 day ago

this is a puff piece about the kind of gangster who turns up murdered and unmourned

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 47 points 1 day ago (5 children)

“The average squatter has no melee experience,”

But what about magic? Magic beats melee in the combat triangle.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 7 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

what about crack, and fentanyl buffs.

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[–] billbasher@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (4 children)

At a distance! This would be close quarter

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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 44 points 1 day ago (5 children)

This fool is going to get shot.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I assume it's a joke, but the guy said professional tactical gear and firearms apparently, as well as teargas and such. If he's not joking I'd say their odds of going to prison are pretty good. Premeditating and provoking a situation with deadly weapons instead of contacting actual authorities and following the laws/procedure doesn't seem like it would work out well for anyone.

[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isn't that the exact gear that cops use to break up homeless encampments?

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Whether we like it or not, those cops are the proper procedure/authorities in said situation. Thus they are allowed by law. I can't just hire a neighbor to show up to a homeless camp with said gear and expect when something goes wrong for them not to get arrested for murder/battery, and probably be arrested for something else. Paying them to do so probably has a different terminology than an accessory. Might fall under the rico shit, not sure

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 40 points 15 hours ago (5 children)

I’d much rather make a squatter homeless than have a landlord lose property,” Jacobs added

I'd much rather make poor people without an option homeless than have a rich asshole lose some money!

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Squatters rights are an important part of common law and they serve as a foundational means of ensuring valuable real estate remains in use. Adverse possession requires openly living somewhere for years without permission or resistance from the owner

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 35 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

sword-wielding man

ASAP Squatter Removal has a 95%+ success rate

Every now and then, you run into a spearman.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

These people think evil quest givers in games are role models, not warnings.

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[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 22 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

We must defend the empty properties!

Also, we must solve the housing crisis by building more houses!

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 9 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

It's gonna be really funny when dude gets charged with menacing and extortion.

[–] Bakkoda@lemmy.zip 8 points 16 hours ago

He's gonna meet a former mall ninja/disciple of the sword fedora wearing meth head and he gonna die.

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[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Ads for this type of services show up in craigslist regularly where I live. Named organizations like Viking Acquisitions or FAFO LLC post weekly. I bugged the local newspaper about it, but they were disinterested.

[–] fedupwithbureaucracy@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Then I’ll train and purposely squat so that this stain can be humbled

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Ok......but what happens when a squatter has a gun?

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[–] Poxlox@lemmy.world 18 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Nah fuck squatters too. Everyone sucks here but squatters are just as trashy. We need to have a vacant homes penalty desperately but yeah that won't happen anytime soon if ever in my lifetime.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 15 points 8 hours ago

Home ownership is now a soulslike? I've been training for this my whole middle-aged life.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 14 points 21 hours ago

Everyone here sucks except the squatters.

[–] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 12 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

If you were a tenant and you are getting kicked out you should have different rights like a proper eviction and a court date.

If you just broke in you should simply be removed by the cops on penalty of law if the landlord lies and you are actually a tenant who was illegally evicted.

This is what the law in liberal wa state is.

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[–] n0respect@lemmy.world 11 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

He stabbed me with a sword Mal ... How weird!

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[–] g0d0fm15ch13f@lemmy.world 10 points 11 hours ago

donning full plate armor and a dagger "Luckily I'm no average squatter"

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

bay area homeowners about to lose homes

if you have trouble with squatters, i am willing to sell professional advice on how to get them to leave. it never fails.

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