stopthatgirl7 to News • 11 months agoWoman returns from vacation to find Atlanta home demolishedapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1283arrow-down119file-text
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A homeowner is mulling the next step after a company mistakenly demolished a home she owned in southwest Atlanta.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•11 months agoIt goes way beyond insurance and monetary compensation. There needs to be criminal liability for destroying someone’s home.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•11 months agoIf the building was in fact “boarded up”, then it might be hard to argue that it was someone’s home. At least in bankruptcy law inhabited places do have special protections against seizure.
minus-squareDrusaslinkfedilink3•11 months agoThe cops wouldn’t like that. They like to be able to destroy people’s homes with no repercussion.
minus-squareElleChaiselinkfedilink2•11 months agoI get that you’re being facetious, but even then they’d obviously have immunity if any laws changed. Cops always coppin’.
It goes way beyond insurance and monetary compensation. There needs to be criminal liability for destroying someone’s home.
If the building was in fact “boarded up”, then it might be hard to argue that it was someone’s home. At least in bankruptcy law inhabited places do have special protections against seizure.
The cops wouldn’t like that. They like to be able to destroy people’s homes with no repercussion.
I get that you’re being facetious, but even then they’d obviously have immunity if any laws changed. Cops always coppin’.